Beinecke MS 102                                                       Italy, s. XIV^^1
Albertano da Brescia, etc.

     1. ff. 1r-13v    Incipit moralium dogma. Moralium dogma philosophorum
     per multa dispersum uolumina tuo quidem instinctu uir optime et
     liberalis henrice...[with a table of contents between the prologue and
     the text] sed rei magnitudo usum quoque exercitationemque quam
     desiderat. [Followed without a break by the end of Boethius, De
     consolatione philosophiae (5.6):] Aduersamini igitur...cernentis. Magna
     nobis est si dissimulare non uultis necessitas indicta probitatis cum
     ante oculos agitis indicis cuncta cernent. Explicit liber moralitatis.
     Deo gratias.

          For the controversy concerning the authorship of this work see M.
     T. d'Alverny, Alain de Lille...(Paris, 1965) p. 65, and notes; J.
     Holmberg, ed., Das Moralium dogma philosophorum des Guillaume de
     Conches in Vilhelm Ehmans Universitetsfon 37 (Uppsala, 1929) pp. 5-74.
     The ending is that of Holmberg's MSS P, Q, U and E.

          Articles 2-4 also appear together in Marston MS 87.

     2. ff. 13v-46v    Incipit liber albertani in primis de amore et
     dilectione dei et proximi et aliarum rerum et de forma uite hominis.
     liber .j. Initium michi tractatus sit in nomine domini a quo cuncta
     bona procedunt...Explicit de amore et dilectione dei et proximi et
     aliarum rerum et forma uite...quem Albertanus causidicus brixiensis de
     hora sancte agathe conpilauit ac scripsit cum esset in carcere domini
     imperatoris frederici in ciuitate cremone in quo positus fuit cum esset
     capitaneus gauardi [?] defendendo locum ipsum ad utilitatem communis
     brixie. Anno domini .m. cc. trigesimo octauo. Indictione xi. de mense
     augusti in die sancti alexandri quo obsidebatur ciuitas brixie per
     eundem dominum imperatorem.

          Albertano da Brescia, De amore et dilectione Dei.

     3. ff. 46v-63r    Incipit liber consolationis et consilii. Quoniam
     multi sunt qui in aduersitatibus et tribulationibus taliter affliguntur
     et deprimuntur...Ite in pace et nolite amplius peccare et ita utraque
     pars cum gaudio et letitia recesserunt. Explicit liber consolationis et
     consilii qui albertanus causidicus brixiensis de hora sancte agathe
     conpilauit sub .m. xl. sexto [sic] in mensibus aprilis et maii.

          Albertano da Brescia, Liber consolationis et consilii; T. Sundby,
     ed., Albertani Brixiensis Liber consolationis et consilii...(London,
     1873) pp. 1-127.

     4. ff. 63r-67v    Incipit liber de doctrina dicendi et tacendi. Initio
     et medio ac fini mei tractatus assit gratia sancti spiritus. Quoniam in
     dicendo multi erant [sic]...Deum insuper exora quo michi donauit
     predicta tibi narrare ut ad eterna gaudia nos faciat peruenire.
     Explicit liber de doctrina dicendi et tacendi ab albertano causidico
     brixiensi compositus et compilatus. sub. m. cc. xlv. de mense
     decembris. Explicit opus.

          Albertano da Brescia, Liber de doctrina dicendi et tacendi; GKW,
     v. 1, nos. 531-63; T. Sundby, ed., Della vita e delle opere di Brunetto
     Latini (Florence, 1884) pp. 479-506.

     5. ff. 67v-73r    Parabole Salomonis. Omni tempore diligit qui amicus
     est et frater in angustiis conprobatur [Prov. 17.17]...prospities haec
     tristitia huius mundi yl [wormhole] tumultuosa quietus extrema securus.

     6. ff. 73r-80r    Regule Senece. Auxilia humilia firma consensus
     facit./ Aut amat aut odit mulier. nihil est medium/...Vltionis
     contumeliosum genus est non uisum esse dignum ex quo petatur ultio.
     Explicit. f. 80v blank

          Various selections from both the prose and poetry of Seneca that
     appear to be arranged as follow: a) ff. 73r-74r sententiae; b) ff. 74r-
     77r extracts from prose works, especially from the De ira; c) ff. 77r-
     80r proverbia, listed in alphabetical order (similar to those printed
     by Stephan Plannck [Rome, ca. 1500]).

          Parchment, ff. 80, 233 x 178 (166 x 122) mm. Written in 2 columns
     of 38 lines; single vertical and double horizontal bounding lines, full
     across. Ruled faintly in lead; prominent prickings (slashes) in all
     margins, except inner.
          I-VIII^^10. Catchwords, enclosed by rectangle and flourishes, near
     gutter.
          Written by a single scribe in a precise round gothic bookhand.
          Small initials, 4- to 1-line, alternating red and blue, sometimes
     accompanied by simple penwork designs. Headings, in red, throughout.
     Some paragraph marks, in red or blue, and strokes on 1-line initials,
     in red.
          F. 1r rubbed, with loss of text.
          Binding: s. xiv. Original sewing, wound and catching up the
     previous threads on three slit, tawed straps laced into edged tunnels
     in square-edged beech boards and laid in channels on the outer face.
     Pegged. A thread, tied at one kettle-stitch, runs along the spine,
     underneath the sewing supports, and is tied to the other kettle-stitch
     of the second quire. Covered in tawed skin, now a dirty cream color,
     with corner turn-in tongues. White, tawed straps attached to the upper
     board with nails and traces of pins on the lower. Traces of five bosses
     on each board and of a chain near the tail of the upper one. On the
     inside (only) of this board, at the center near the head and tail are
     unaccounted for rusty holes. Remains of a small paper label near the
     head of the lower board. The spine covering and sewing supports are
     broken and the bosses, fastenings, and chains wanting.

          Written in Italy probably toward the beginning of the 14th
     century; early inscription on back pastedown: "Iste liber est domini
     Ambrosij." Presented to Yale in 1941 by Carl B. Spitzer who acquired it
     from Hoepli in Milan for 500 lire [letter in library files].

     secundo folio: credere de

     Bibliography: Faye and Bond, p. 30, no. 102.

     Barbara A. Shailor