Beinecke MS 406               France, ca. 1400
Guillaume de Deguilleville; Willem van Ruysbroeck, etc.

I, 1.  ff. 1r-85v  A ceulz de ceste Region/ Qui point ny ont de mansion/
Ains [y erased] sont tous comme dit s. pol/...De la ioie de paradis/ Que
doint diex aux mors et aux vis.  Explicit.  Amen.

     Guillaume de Deguilleville, Le Pelerinage de vie humaine, ed.
J. Stuerzinger (London, 1893) pp. 1-423.  MS 406 contains the 1330 recension
of the poem; it does not appear in the list of manuscripts of this work
published by M. Lofthouse ("'Le Pelerinage de Vie Humaine,' by Guillaume de
Deguilleville," Bulletin of the John Rylands Library 19 [1935] pp. 178-91)
and supplemented by R. Tuve (Allegorical Imagery:  Some Medieval Books and
Their Posterity [Princeton, 1966] p. 147, n. 2).

2.  ff. 85v-92r  //Vt planeta erraticus/ Malo mortem quam infici/ Erroribus
heretici/...[ f. 88v:]  Respicereque a tergo.  [added below: Explicit credo
factum a peregrino]; f. 88v Pater creator omnium/ Origo et principium/
A quo causantur omnia/...In domum tuam ibimus. Amen.  [added below:
Explicit pater noster facta a
peregrino]; f. 91v Aue reclinatorium/ Et propiciatorium/ Et captiui spes
populi/...Saluus esse non poterit.  Explicit.  Amen.  [added below:  Explicit
aue maria a peregrino].

     Guillaume de Deguilleville, three poems in Latin, the first lacking lines
1-8; the first words of the stanzas, taken consecutively, form the Credo, the
Pater Noster and the Ave Maria.

3.  f. 92v  Vous qui aues pour passer vostre vie/ Qui chascun ne fait que
deseuir/...Vnire du mien ne menchant qui amasse/ Viellesce vient etc. [refrain
finished by a later hand:] guerdon faut temps se passe.

     Poem added in a hand of s. xv, contrasting the life of a servant and a rich
man; composed of three 8-line stanzas with a 1-line refrain.

II. 4.  ff. 93r-134v  Excellentissimo domino et christianissimo
ludouico dei gratia Regi francorum...frater W. de Rubruc in ordine
fratrum minorum minimus salutem et semper triumphare in christo.  Scriptum est
in ecclesiastico de sapiente in terram alienarum gencium transiet bona et
mala...Imo plures interpretes et copiosas expensas.

     Willem van Ruysbroeck, Itinerarium; A. van den Wyngaert, ed., Itinera
et relationes Fratrum Minorum saeculi XIII et XIV, Sinica franciscana 1
(Florence, 1929) pp. 161-332.

5.  ff. 134v-135r  Ut ait ethicus physicus gens stultissima est inter alias
gentes ad aquilonem iuxta Yperboreos montes...ad futu//...alexander ca//

     Summary of Aethicus Ister, Cosmographia III. 31-39, on the land of Gog
and Magog; end of last 9 lines lost when miniature on f. 135v cut out.  Full
text in H. Wuttke, ed., Die Aechtheit des Auszugs aus der Kosmographie des
Aithikos (Leipzig, 1854) pp. 17-27.

6.  ff. 135v-141v  [O glo]rieuse [Trin]ite/ [U]ne essence [en] vraye [un]ite/
[conclusion only of 4 more lines, then:]  En sonidame maieste/ Qui vn dieu de
toutes perssonnes...Prendras en gre que jen chappuiz/ Car ce doit plaire
que on puet faire.  Explicit le tresor maistre Jehan de Meun.

     Jean Chapuis, Les sept articles de la foi; often attributed, as it is
here, to Jean de Meun.  A. Langfors, Les incipit des poemes francais
anterieurs au XVI^^e siecle (Paris, 1917) p. 239.

Composed of two distinct parts, both of parchment (thick, poor quality); single
paper flyleaves contemporary with binding at front and back.

     Part I:  ff. 1r-92v, 265 x 190 (209 x 140) mm., trimmed.  2 columns, 42
lines, each column with double vertical bounding lines at left, single vertical
at right; initial letter of each verse written on outer bounding line.  All
horizontal rulings full across.  Prickings at outer edges for bounding lines and
rulings for text.
     I-XI^^8,  XII^^4.  Catchwords in pen-drawn frames, lower right, verso.
     Written in neat cursive script, with loops, by one scribe, portions of text
overwritten to darken the script.
     The manuscript is illustrated with 79 column miniatures; two others on ff.
83v and 85r have been cut out.  The miniatures are simple pen drawings, tinted
pink, red, tan, purple, and blue, in pen-ruled frames, tinted in yellow; on ff.
18r and 22r with ivy leaves on hair-line stems at corners and centers.  On f.
16v an unframed drawing of the carpenter's pax.  Subjects of the miniatures
are as follow (references in parentheses are to lines in the edition of
Stuerzinger; we thank D. Donoghue for compiling this list):
(line 1) Author/Pilgrim speaking f. 1r; (35) Author dreams of Jerusalem f. 1r;
(63) City of Jerusalem f. 1r; (133) Sts. Benedict and Francis help their
followers into the City of Jerusalem f. 1v; (164) St. Peter guards the gate
where the poor enter f. 2r; (237) Grace Dieu instructs the Pilgrim f. 2v;
(391) Grace Dieu shows him her house f. 3v; (479) The Official of God saves and
bathes the Pilgrim f. 4r; (503) The Pilgrim meets Moses and is annointed f.4r;
(533) Moses gives ointments to the Official, Reason descends from a tower and
joins them f. 4v; (797) Official marries a woman and a man f. 6r; (823) Moses
with Reason tonsures a crowd of people f. 6r; (963) Moses establishes various
offices f. 7r; (1163) Reason preaches to the new officials f. 7v; (1278) Moses
gives a sword and keys to the Pilgrim, Reason instructs him f. 9r; (1431) Moses
dines on bread and wine f. 10r; (1465) The Pilgrim turns to Reason f. 10r;
(1519) Nature chides Grace Dieu f. 10v; (1981) Nature asks pardon of Grace Dieu
f. 13v; (2011) Penitence and Charity meet Moses f. 13v; (2513) Carpenter's
square pax f. 16v; (2729) The Pilgrim asks Grace Dieu to instruct
him f. 18r;
(3359) Grace Dieu shows the scrip and staff to the Pilgrim f. 22r; (3665) The
Pilgrim receives the scrip from Grace Dieu f. 23v; (3749) Grace Dieu gives him
the staff f. 24r; (3813) Grace Dieu shows him the armor f. 24v; (3837) The
pilgrim receives the gambeson f. 25r; (3909) He puts it on f. 25v; (4055) He
receives the habergeon f. 26r; (4341) He receives the scabbard f. 28r; (4515) He
wears his armor f. 29r; (4747) He removes his armor f. 30v; (4779) He goes on
his way f. 30v; (4815) Grace Dieu sends Memory to help him carry his armor f.
31r; (4969) The Pilgrim  asks Moses for bread f. 32r; (4975) The Pilgrim thanks
Grace Dieu f. 32r; (5031) The Pilgrim and Memory go off f. 32v; (5093) He meets
Natural Understanding f. 33r; (5163) Reason shows a letter to Natural
Understanding f. 33v; (5211) The Pilgrim reads a commission from Grace Dieu to
Reason f. 33v; (5667) Reason tells the Pilgrim to ignore Natural Understanding
f. 36v; (6205) The soul departs from the Pilgrim's mouth f. 39v; (6293) The
Pilgrim questions Reason f. 40r; (6507) He meets a mat-maker and a young woman
(Occupation and Idleness) f. 41v; (6905) He sees Reason and Grace Dieu on the
other side of the hedge f. 44r; (7033) He is snared by Sloth f. 45r; (7249)
Sloth strikes the Pilgrim with her axe f. 46r; (7297) She drives him away from
the hedge f. 46v; (7339) He meets Pride riding on Flattery f. 47r; (8191) He
meets Envy with her daughters, Treachery and Detraction f. 52r; (8757) He is
attacked by Envy, Detraction, Treachery and Pride f. 55v; (8797) Anger joins the
attack f. 55v; (8976) Sloth threatens him; Memory reminds him of his armor
f. 56v; (9059) Avarice approaches him f. 57v; (9169) Chessboard and a church
f. 58r; (10685) Gluttony, Venus and all his enemies attack him f. 67r; (10785)
The hand of Grace Dieu gives him back the staff from a cloud f. 67v; (10893)
The Pilgrim prays (alphabet prayer) to the Virgin and Child f. 68v; (11239)
Tears falling from an eye in a rock fill a tub f. 70v; (11333) The Pilgrim
bathes in the tub f. 71r; (11417) A turbulent sea with human figures, some with
wings f. 71v; (11465) Satan spreads a net for pilgrims in the sea f. 72r;
(11503) Heresy, walking backwards, approaches the Pilgrim f. 72v; (11567) Grace
Dieu rescues him f. 73r; (11781) The Pilgrim meets Youth f. 74r; (11971)
Tribulation, with a hammer and tongs, meets the Pilgrim f. 75r; (12345) He
escapes from Tribulation to Grace Dieu f. 77r; (12443) The Ship of Religion
f. 78r; (12555) The Porter of the Ship f. 79r; (12623) The Pilgrim enters the
ship; The Porter prepares to strike f. 79v; (12651) Willful Poverty and
Chastity f. 79v; (12669) Discipline and Obedience f. 79v; (12675) Study
carrying a platter of food (Holy Scripture) to Abstinence f. 80r; (12685)
Winged Orison wearing a letter box and holding an auger f. 80r; (12695) Worship
with a horn, organ and psaltery f. 80r; (12714) Chastity makes a bed while
Willful Poverty sings f. 80r; (12723) Dead souls serve a meal to monks;
Abstinence is the Refector f. 80r; (12973) Obedience ties the Pilgrim's hands
and feet f. 82r; (13043) Infirmity and Old Age approach the Pilgrim f. 82v;
(13263) cut out (Infirmity and Old Age throw him on a bed) f. 83v; (13275)
Mercy comes to comfort him f. 84r; (13417) cut out (Death comes, stepping onto
the bed) f. 85r.  2-line initials throughout, red or blue with black or red
penwork.  First letter of each verse stroked in yellow.  Proper names in red.
Folio 1r-v damaged, with loss of text and parts of miniatures.  Miniatures
cut out, ff. 83v and 85r.

     Part II:  ff. 93r-141v have two distinct formats:  ff. 93r-129r measures
265 x 190 (208 x 142) mm., trimmed; ff. 93-104 are trimmed even further.  2
columns, 31 lines; single vertical bounding lines; all horizontal lines ruled
full across.  Ruled in lead.  Prickings (slashes) in upper, lower, and outer
margins. Some visible in gutters.
Folios 129v-141v measure 265 x 190 (205 x 142) mm., trimmed.  2 columns, 39
lines; each column with double vertical bounding lines at left, single vertical
at right.  All horizontal lines full across.  Ruled in lead.
     I^^12 (quire XIII as presently bound), II^^10, III^^8, IV^^8 (+1 leaf added at
end, f. 123), V^^8, VI^^2.  Catchwords under second column in lower margin.
     Written by multiple scribes in cursive, with or without loops.
     Between ff. 93r and 135r (art. 5), two 2-line initials, red, with simple
brown penwork.  Some capitals stroked in red or yellow.  Between ff. 135v and
141r (art. 6), three crude tinted drawings, red, green and brown, in initials,
either divided red and brown with red flourishes and dots, or red, with a
scroll and a fish incorporated:  f. 136v Nativity, f. 138v Harrowing of Hell,
f. 140r Ascension.  Three drawings cut out from ff. 135v, 136v and 137r.
Space left for one drawing on f. 139r and for two on f. 140v.  2-line initials
in red, some with red penwork.

     Binding:  s. xviii.  Brown, mottled calf with a gold-tooled spine and a red
label.  Edges spattered red.

Written perhaps in Northeastern France, ca. 1400; early provenance unknown.
Marginal notes in French and Latin, s. xv-xvi.  Inscriptions include:
"31^^ll. 14s. 6d."  (f. 141v, s. xv); "Marie...femme de Jacques audouin [?]
Marchand demeurant a Tonnerre [?]" (f. 140v); "Toussanct" (f. 141v, hand of s.
xvi); "T L" with a heart (f. 141v); "jacques prouest [?]" (f. 77v, s.
xviii-xix); "marie anne l'hermite" (f. 90r, s. xviii-xix).  Notes on front and
back flyleaves said to be in the hand of Francois Xavier Laire (1738-1801),
librarian of Cardinal Etienne Charles Lomenie de Brienne (b. 1727);
manuscript not located in the catalogue by Laire, Index librorum ab inventa
typographia...(Sens, 1791) 2 vols.  Acquired from Frederick North, 5th Earl
of Guilford (1766-1827) by Sir Thomas Phillipps (no. 6343; tag on spine and
pencil note inside front cover; Phillipps Studies, v. 3, p. 159).  Bought
at Sotheby's, 25 Nov. 1969, no. 460, by Edwin J. Beinecke for the Beinecke
Library.

secundo folio:  Ceux qui estoient

Bibliography:  T. E. Marston, "William of Rubruc's Trip to the Tartars,"
Gazette 45 (1970) pp. 12-14.

Barbara A. Shailor