Marston MS 248     France, s. XIII/XIV
Hugh of St. Victor, Opera varia, etc.

We thank H. Feiss O.S.B. for his assistance with the texts of this manuscript.

1. ff. 1r-141v  Incipit prologus Hugonis in Librum De Sacramentis.  Que sunt
dicenda ante principium.  Quisquis ad diuinarum scripturarum lectionem
erudiendus accedit...ueritatem siue profunditatem prospiciet.  Que sit
materia diuinarum scripturarum.  Materia diuinarum scripturarum omnium
sunt opera restaurationis...manifestius quia tractando extendunt.
Explicit prologus.  [text, f. 1v:]  Incipit liber Hugonis de
sacramentis... 
Arduum profecto et laboriosum opus crebra uestra precatione...Ecce quod
erit in fine sine fine.  Explicit.

De sacramentis christianae fidei; PL 176.173-618.  Bk. 2 preceded by
list of chapters; prefatory material for both books differs somewhat from
that published in PL. R. Goy, Die Ueberlieferung der Werke Hugos von St.
Viktor (Stuttgart, 1976) pp. 133-72.

2. ff. 141v-149r Archa Noe.  Primum in planicie.  ubi archam depinguere uolo
medium centrum...Hoc interim exemplari affectum suum prouocet.  Sit deus
benedictus per cuncta seculorum secula.  Amen.

De arca Noe mystica; PL 176.681-704.  P. Sicard is producing a new
edition and critical study of this text and that in art. 3.  No chapter
headings.  Goy, op.cit., pp. 237-45.

3. ff. 149r-169v De archa noe pro archa sapiencie cum arcu ecclesie et arca
matris gracie.  Cum sederem aliquando in conuentu fratrum...in corde tuo
expresseris domum dei in te edificatam esse leteris.

De arca Noe morali; PL 176.617-80.  See art. 2 above.  Chapter
headings differ from those in PL or are lacking.  Goy, op.cit., pp.
212-37.

4. ff. 169v-178v De institutione nouitiorum.  Quia fratres largiente domino de 
uana conuersatione huius seculi per desiderium sanctum conversi estis...Hec 
uobis fratres de scientia et disciplina.  interni nos diximus.  Bonitatem uero 
orate.  ut uobis det deus.  Amen.  Explicit.

De institutione novitiorum; PL 176.925-52.  Goy, op.cit., pp.
340-67.

5. ff. 178v-179v Hugo Ranulfo de Mauriaco.  Feruor[e
expunged] caritatis 
tue pondus questionum nobis inuexit.  Postulas...sed ab his qui renouandi 
sunt denuo recuperari potest ut eo recuperato amisisse dampnabile non sit.

Epistola 2. Ad Ranulphum de Mauriaco; PL 176.1011-14
( = Miscellanea 1.200:PL 177.588).  Goy, op.cit., pp. 450-52.

6. ff. 179v-202v Incipit prologus in didasculon hugonis. 
Due precipue res
sunt.  quibus quisque ad scienciam instruitur...et sic secunda quoque pars
finem accipit.  Didascalicon hugonis de studio legendi.  Primus liber de
origine artium.  Omnium expectendorum prior est sapiencia...Aruspicinam
tages primus etruscis tradidit.  Ydroma ima primum a persis uenit. 
Explicit sextus liber de archa noe.

Didascalicon; PL 176.739-812 and C. H. Buttimer, ed., Didascalicon.
De studio legendi, The Catholic University of America Studies in Medieval
and Renaissance Latin 10 (Washington, D. C., 1939).

7. ff. 203r-220r [Heading in upper margin:]  Prologus in librum de
religione.  
Ut ait propheta.  querite dominum et uiuet anima vestra.  Quidem querunt
deum.  sed non inueniunt...quia non senciunt retro impellentem.  ut 
precipitentur.  Prologus in librum de religione de claustro materiali de 
claustro anime et de contemplatione.  Sepe et multum rogatus a fratribus 
nobiscum commorantibus...corporis castitatem.  et mentis pudiciciam muniat
propensius.  [text, f. 203v:]  Liber primus de religione.  quid sit.

Religio iusticie species.  est.  uirtus ius suum reddens...est in celis
peruenire festinamus.

Hugo de Folieto, De claustrum animae; text corresponds for the most
part with Bks. 1-3 as printed in PL 176.1017-1130, except for the
prologue and Bk. 1.1-3.  Goy, op.cit., pp. 491-92.

8. f. 220r [No rubric.] Scala mistica iacob.  xiij.  gradus habet inter duo 
latera...ad libitum domini moueri.

Scala mistica; R. Baron, "Textes spirituels inedits de Hugues de
Saint-Victor,"  Melanges de science religieuse 13 (1956) p. 177 [#15]. 
For the collection of miscellanea from which arts. 8-11 are taken, see
D. van den Eynde, Essai sur la succession et la date des ecrits de Hugues
de Saint-Victor, Spicilegium Pontificii Athenaei Antoniani 13 (Rome, 1960)
p. 11.

9. f. 220r [No rubric.] Est unitas naturalis...principalis.  in trinitate.

Est unitas naturalis; Baron, op.cit., p. 177 [#16].  See also art.
8.

10. f. 220r [No rubric.]  Ecce quam bonum...expellitur humilitate.  simulatio.
caritate.

Ecce quam bonum; Baron, op.cit., p. 177 [#17].  See also art. 8.

11. f. 220r [No rubric.]  Triplex est diluuium...per arcam sapiencie summi boni
delectatio.

Triplex est diluvium; Baron, op.cit., p. 177 [#18].

12. ff. 220r-227v De contemplatione et eius speciebus.  Et primum de 
meditatione...Iuxta primarias ueterum auctoritates.  contemplatio est...
Si non potes solem contemplari in rota.  intuere ipsum in salomonis fenestra.

De contemplatione et eius speciebus; B. Haureau, Hugues de
Saint-Victor, Nouvel examen de l'edition de ses oeuvres (Paris, 1959) pp.
177-210; ed. R. Baron, ed., La contemplation et ses especes, Monumenta 
Christiana Selecta 2 (Tournai, 1955).

13. ff. 227v-229v Incipit liber De tribus maximis circumstancijs
gestorum.  Fili sapiencia thesaurus est...Et cetera sicut subter sequuntur 
secundum hebraicam ueritatem dispositi.  Explicit liber.  De claustro
anime.

Chronica; for partial editions see W. H. Green, "De tribus maximis
circumstantiis," Speculum 18 (1943) pp. 488-92 and G. Waitz, ed.,
"Chronica quae dicitur Hugonis de Sancto Victore," MGH SS 24 (1879) pp.
88-97.  Goy, op.cit., pp. 36-43.  This text continues in art. 21 below.

14. ff. 229v-272v Incipit tractatus hugonis in expositionem ecclesiastes.

Que de libro salomonis qui ecclesiastes dicitur...aliis post se pro futura
sint ignorant.  Explicit liber ecclesiastes.

Homiliae in Ecclesiasten; PL 175.113-254 (new critical edition in
preparation by H. Feiss).  Goy, op.cit., pp. 329-40.

15. ff. 272v-279r De virginitate beate Marie.  [prologue:]  Sancto
pontifici. G. H. Seruus uestre beatitudinis.  Narrastis michi de beate marie 
uirginitate...stilo signans uobis legenda transmisi.  Vale.  Explicit 
prologus.  [text:]  Incipit liber.  De incorrupta virginitate matris domini. 
hoc fides...in eodem quoque sexu utrobique non simili ueritate sanciatur.

De Beatae Mariae virginitate; PL 176.858-76.  Goy, op.cit., pp.
116-23.

16. f. 279r-v Incipit expositio super prologum ieronimi in pentateuchum
quem dirigit ad desiderium...in latinum transtulit.  Desiderius proprium
nomen est hinc desiderij mei...greca quam latina et hebraea quam graeca.

Adnotationes elucidatorie in Pentateuchon, ch. 1; PL 175.29A-32B. 
Goy, op.cit., pp. 48-53.

17. ff. 279v-284r Que scripture merito diuine appellari debent.  Lectorem 
diuinarum scripturarum primum instruere oportet...vt ab edom. idumei a leui 
leuite.  a iuda iudei.

De scripturis et scriptoribus, chs. 1-17; PL 175.9-24D.

18. ff. 284r-299r De nuncupatione genesis.  Liber iste qui primus est diuinorum 
uoluminum...filij post eam nascerentur.  non oportebat redimi.

Adnotationes elucidatoriae in Pentateuchon, chs. 2-13
(Genesis-Leviticus); PL 175.62B-84C.

19. ff. 299r-301v Incipit liber iudicum.  Liber iudicum qui hebraice
sophthim dicitur...Hic booz ergo qui propinquus erat dixit alteri qui ei 
credebat.  Tolle calciamentum.

Adnotatiunculae elucidatoriae in librum Iudicum; PL 175.87A-96C.

20. ff. 301v-308r Incipit liber regum.  Liber regum apud nos quatuor
distinctionibus clauditur...et maius desiderari potest in hoc seculo.

Adnotationes elucidatoriae in libros Regum; PL 175.95D-112D, with the
concluding text of the manuscript differing from that printed.

21. ff. 308r-309v [No rubric.]  Presens seculum distinguitur in duos status 
siue in tria tempora.  Primus status qui dicitur uetus...Sub hoc decem tribus a
salmanasar...finem accepit.

Chronica, unpublished continuation af art. 13.  This text often found
associated with art. 22 in other manuscripts; see R. Baron, "La chronique
de Hugues de Saint-Victor," Studia Gratiana 12 (1967) pp. 169-70.

22. ff. 309v-310v [No rubric.]  Multa in scriptura occurrunt.  que rerum 
gestarum seriem ignorantibus...Secundus patruus qui iacobum interfecit.

De scripturis et scriptoribus, ch. 18; PL 175.25A-28D.  See art. 21
above.

23. ff. 310v-311v [No rubric.]  Proportiones rerum in ponderibus et mensuris
considerantur.  Principium...Leuga.  Miliare et dimidium.

De ponderibus et mensuris; R. Baron, ed., "Hugues de Saint-Victor
lexicographe," Cultura Neolatina 16 (1956) pp. 132-37.  Goy,
op.cit.,
pp. 478-79.

24. f. 311v [No rubric.]  Doloris in affectum bone presumptionis.  Recurrens 
aio...in ara cordis adoletur.

De modo orandi, concluding lines only; PL 176.988A.

25. ff. 311v-321v [l.3:]  Quod omne cor pronum est...Fabula dicit.  Omnes
bestias...sensum suum commendare non erubescat...[l.75:]  Cathedra doctoris
sacra scriptura est...que futura sunt non uidentur.  Explicit liber.

Miscellanea, with text in the following order:  1.3-18, 20, 19, 21-30
[followed by "In pater [sic] corrobamur ad spem...erudimur ad
petitionem"; R. Baron, "Textes spirituels inedits de Hugues de
Saint-Victor," Melanges de science religieuse 13 (1956) p. 177],
1.31-41, 2.60, 1.42-56, 2.63, 1.57-59, 1.63-68, 2.80, 1.69-71, 2.55,
1.72-75.  PL 177.481-632; Goy, op.cit., pp. 452-57.  See also arts. 29
and 35 below.

26. ff. 321v-323v Incipit prologus de laude caritatis.  Seruo christi
petro.  h. gustare et uidere quam suauis...dilectio quod recompensatur. 
Explicit prologus.  Incipit tractatus.  Tam multos iam laudatores caritas
habuisse...et mansionem in nobis facere.  Qui cum eodem patre...seculorum. 
Amen.

De laude caritatis; PL 176.969D-976D; critical edition by P. Sicard
forthcoming.  Goy, op.cit., 253-67.

27. ff. 323v-324r Incipit de substancia dilectionis.  Cotidianum de
dilectione sermonem....sed inordinata cupiditas.

De substantia dilectionis; PL 176.14A-18B; R. Baron, ed., Six
opuscules spirituels, Sources chretiennes 155 (Paris, 1969) pp. 82-93. 
Goy, op.cit., 392-99

28. ff. 324r-327v Incipit prologus.  Domino [?] et patri th. h.
munusculum...donum impendere debetis.  Valete.  De uirtute orandi.  Quo 
studio et quo affectu a nobis....in ara cordis adoletur.

De virtute orandi; PL 176.977A-988A; critical edition of H. Feiss
forthcoming.  Goy, op.cit., 404-38.

29. ff. 327v-330r [No rubric. 1.76:]  Sapiencia uincit maliciam.  attingit ergo 
a fine....et iudicium cum ratione exhibet...[1.80:]  Iohanni quondam
hispalensi archiepiscopo.  Hugo seruus crucis christi.  Quid frater 
karissime....Non potes euadere confusionem.  nisi ostendas confesionem
[sic].

Miscellanea 1.76-80; PL 177.511A-516A and 176.1014B-1018A.  Goy,
op.cit., pp. 446-48.  See also art. 25 above and art. 35 below.

30. ff. 330r-338v  Incipit liber de tribus diebus pro ea que in
meditatione constat speculatio rerum et post lectionem secunda.  Verbum
bonum et uita sapiens.  que mundum fecit...octauus pertinet ad resurrectionem.  
Explicit de tribus diebus.  Explicit de tribus diebus [sic].

De tribus diebus; PL 176.811B-838D. Goy, op.cit., pp. 98-115.

31. ff. 338v-344r Incipit prologus in soliloquium de arra anime.  Dilecto 
fratri.  G...conscribi exopto.  Vale.  Incipit soliloquium de arra
anime.  
Loquar secreto anime mee et amica...hoc totis precordijs concupisco.

Soliloquium de arra animae; PL 176.951-970; Mueller, ed. Soliloquium
de arrha animae und De vanitate mundi, Kleine Texte fuer Vorlesungen und
Uebungen 123 (Bonn 1913) pp. 3-25; Feiss, forthcoming.  Goy, op.cit., pp.
277-329.

32. ff. 344r-347v Incipit tractatus de sapiencia christo et sapiencia
christi prologus.  Prudenti ac religioso uerbi diuini inter ceteros...quam
cor peruersum.  De anima christi.  Queritis de anima christi.  id est de
illo rationali spiritu...non arroganter presumere.  Vale.

De sapientia animae Christi;  PL 176.845C-856D.  Goy,
op.cit., pp.
124-33.

33. ff. 347v-348r [No rubric:]  Dum medium silencium tenerent omnia.  
[Sap. 18.14] Tria sunt silencia...preparatum est ab initio seculi.  Amen.

De verbo incarnato, collatio prima; PL 177.315D-318C.  Goy,
op.cit.,
pp. 81-91.

34. ff. 348r-349v [No rubric.]  Quod natum est ex carne caro est....deorsum 
informans rationem scienciam facit.

De unione spiritus et corporis; PL 177.285A-289A; A. M. Piazzoni,
ed., "Il De unione spiritus et corporis di Ugo di San Vittore," Studi
Medievali 21 (1980) pp. 861-68; new edition with wider manuscript base in
preparation:  Feiss.  Goy, op.cit., pp. 95-98.

35. ff. 349v-355r [No rubric. l.81:]  Cum esset Iesus annorum xij et cetera.  
Sicut mundus iste....sacri uerbi doctoribus ueritas cognoscitur...[l.102:]  
Nisi ego abiero paraclitus non ueniet.  christus discipulis corporalem....
mentem suam per intentionem effundant.  Explicit liber.  f. 355v blank

Miscellanea, with text in the following order:  l. 81-91, 106, 92
[followed by "In peccato duo sunt.  vicium et culpa...culpa contra pietatem";
R. Baron, "Textes spirituels inedits de Hugues de Saint-Victor," Melanges
de science religieuse 13 (1956) p. 177], l.93-96, 99, 97-98, 100-102.  PL
177.516-536.  Marston MS 248 has a shortened and garbled version of l.106,
with the beginning and end being identical with 5.13.  See also arts. 25
and 29 above.

Parchment (fine; leaves repaired before pricking and ruling), ff. i 
(contemporary parchment) + 355 (all leaves except the last are numbered with
Roman numerals, in red, in upper left corner, verso), 375 x 253 (253 x 166) mm.
2 columns, 53 lines.  Double outer and single inner vertical bounding lines;
double upper horizontal bounding lines.  Additional pair of horizontal rulings,
full width, in upper margin for folio numbers and running headlines.  Prickings
in upper, lower and sometimes outer margins; prickings in inner margins for
double upper horizontal bounding lines only.
I-XXIX 12, XXX 7 (structure uncertain).  Catchwords in lower margin near
gutter, verso.
Written in uniform gothic bookhand throughout; contemporary marginal notes
in several less formal hands.
8-line illuminated initial (f. 1r), blue with white highlights on square ground, 
magenta with blue and white highlights; interior of initial inhabited by
scrolling vines, rabbit and two animal heads on gold and blue ground; tail
of letter extends down inner margin.  11- to 7-line red and blue initials 
divided by a zig-zag line in parchment and with interior red and blue flourishes
resembling the design on a peacock's tail feathers, mostly in red with small
blue circles.  This style of initial accompanied by long penwork extensions
in red and blue I designs and with small spirals, circles, flourishes (cf.
L'enluminure de Charlemagne a Francois I#e#r, Manuscrits de la
Bibliotheque
publique et universitaire de Geneve [Geneva, 1976] p. 43).  Small 3-line
initials alternate red and blue with penwork flourishes in the opposite
color.  1-line plain initials alternate red and blue for chapter lists.
Remains of guide letters for decorator.  Headings, running titles (often
incorrect), deletions (single horiztonal red line) and initial strokes in red.
Binding:  France [?], s. xix.  Brown calf, elaborately blind-stamped with
figure of Christ giving a blessing with his right hand, while his left hand
holds a book with alpha and omega displayed on the open pages.  Original
endbands (and therefore sewing?) and yellow edges.

Written in Northern France at the end of the 13th or beginning of the 14th
century.  According for H. Feiss the canons regulars of St. Victor in
Paris prepared or had prepared in the early 13th century a series of large
format, comprehensive manuscripts of Hugh's works, including Paris,
Bibliotheque Mazarine 717, Paris B. N. 14303 and 14506.  Marston MS 248
appears to be descended from these three Victorine manuscripts.  Two 
contemporary inscriptions, effaced and only partially legible under ultra-violet
light:  on blank parchment leaf pasted to front pastedown:  "Iste liber 
est * * * fratrum p [?]"; on the verso of pastedown, now lifted: 
"Egidius familiaris d[o]mi Formulien[sis]."  If the second reading is
accurate, Egidius may have been a member or associate of the canons regular
of the monastery of Sainte-Marie at Voormezele in West Flanders.  Belonged
to Thomas Philip Earle de Grey of Wrest Park (1781-1859; bookplate) and to
Juan M. Sanchez (b. 1874; bookplate).  Purchased from L. C. Witten in 1960 by
Thomas E. Marston (bookplate).

secundo folio:  sed exponendo

Bibliography:  Faye and Bond, p. 93, no. 248.

Barbara A. Shailor