The following abbreviations are used: August. Fr. York = Augustinian Friary, York; C. U. L. = Cambridge University Library; Cant. Coll. = Canterbury College, Oxford; Ch. Ch. C. = Christ Church, Canterbury; Durh. = Durham Priory; Lanthony = Lanthony Priory, nr. Gloucester; Ox. U. L. = Oxford University Library; S. Cath. H. = S. Catharine’s College; Rochester = S. Andrew’s Priory, Rochester; S. Aug. C. = S. Augustine’s Monastery, Canterbury; S. Mart. Dov. = S. Martin’s Priory, Dover. Other abbreviations are self-explanatory.
AESCHINES.--Orations (1443, Ox. U. L.).
ARISTOTLE.--(8 cent., York; 1248, Glastonbury; 1315, Durh.; c. 1387, New Coll.; 1418, Peterhouse). Organon (c. 1170, Ch. Ch. C.; 1202, Rochester; c. 1300, Ch. Ch. C.; 1372, August. Fr. York; c. 1385, Pembr. Coll.; 1389, S. Mart. Dov.; 1391 and 1395, Durh.; 1435 and 1473, C. U. L.; 1452, King’s Coll. Camb.; c. 1497, S. Aug. C.; 1524, Cant. Coll.; c. 1526, Syon). Topica (bef. 13 cent., Reading; 1372, August. Fr. York; 1387, Exeter Coll.; 1448, Hospital of S. Mary within Cripplegate, London). De Sophisticis elenchis (bef. 13 cent., Reading). Natural sciences (1274, Peterborough; c. 1300, Ch. Ch. C.; 14 cent., Ramsey; 1435 and 1473, C. U. L.; c. 1497, S. Aug. C., de nova translacione; 1524, Cant. Coll.; c. 1526, Syon). Physica (c. 1300, Ch. Ch. C.; 14 cent., Ramsey; 1372, August. Fr. York; 1391 and 1395, Durh.; 1435, C. U. L.; 1452, King’s Coll. Camb.; c. 1497, S. Aug. C.; 1508, Ch. Ch. C.; 1524, Cant. Coll.). Meteorologica (1435 and 1473, C. U. L.). Historia animalium (c. 1300, Ch. Ch. C., de animalibus; 1372, August. Fr. York, de animalibus; 1389, S. Mart. Dov., de natura animalium; 1473, C. U. L.; 1520, Wm. Grocyn, de animalibus). De generatione animalium (c. 1300, Ch. Ch. C.; 1443, Ox. U. L.). De anima (c. 1300, Ch. Ch. C.; 1372, August. Fr. York; 1439, Ox. U. L.; c. 1497, S. Aug. C.; 1524, Cant. Coll.; c. 1526, Syon). Metaphysica (c. 1300, Ch. Ch. C.; 1372, August. Fr. York; 1452, King’s Coll. Camb.; 1473, C. U. L.; 1487, Pembr. Coll.; c. 1497, S. Aug. C.; 1524, Cant. Coll.; c. 1526, Syon). Ethica (c. 1300, Ch. Ch. C.; 1372, August. Fr. York; 1387, Exeter Coll.; 1391, Durh.; 1428, Pembr. Coll.; 1439, Ox. U. L.; 1452, King’s Coll. Camb.; 1473, C. U. L.; 1475, S. Cath. H.; 1487, Pembr. Coll.; c. 1497, S. Aug. C.; 1508, Ch. Ch. C.; 1524, Cant. Coll., noviter translatus; c. 1526, Syon). Magna Moralia (1487, Pembr. Coll.; c. 1526, Syon). Politica (c. 1428, Pembr. Coll.; 1439, Ox. U. L.; 1452, King’s Coll. Camb.; 1487, Pembr. Coll.; c. 1497, S. Aug. C.; 1508, Ch. Ch. C.; 1524, Cant. Coll.; c. 1526, Syon). Rhetorica (c. 1300, Ch. Ch. C.; 1372, August. Fr. York; 1475, S. Cath. H.; 1487, Pembr. Coll.; c. 1497, S. Aug. C.; 1508, Ch. Ch. C.; 1524, Cant. Coll.; c. 1526, Syon). Problemata (1435 and 1473, C. U. L.; 1520, Wm. Grocyn; c. 1526, Syon). Oeconomica (1372, August. Fr. York).
CAESAR.--Commentaries (1443, Ox. U. L.; 1452, King’s Coll. Camb.; 1520, Wm. Grocyn).
CICERO.--(8 cent., York; 1439, Ox. U. L., Opera viginti duo in magno volumine; 1520, Wm. Grocyn, Opera omnia). Epistolae (1480, Bp. Shirwood; 1498, Coll. of Bishop Auckland; 1524, Cant. Coll.; 1439, Ox. U. L., 1520, Wm. Grocyn, and c. 1526, Syon, ad familiares; 1439, Ox. U. L., ad Quintum). Orationes (beg. 14 cent., Lanthony, in Catilinam; 1439, Ox. U. L.; 1474, Bp. Shirwood; 1478, Balliol Coll.; 1500, Jesus Coll., Rotherham; 1520, Wm. Grocyn; 1372, August. Fr. York, Tullii invectivarum; 1391, Durh.; 1439, Ox. U. L.; and 1520, Wm. Grocyn, Philippics; 1439, Ox. U. L., in Verrem). De Senectute (c. 1170, Ch. Ch. C.; 1180, Whitby; 12 cent., Durh.; 1217-18, Evesham; 1248, Glastonbury; c. 1300, Ch. Ch. C.; c. 1400, Meaux; 1418, Peterhouse; c. 1497, S. Aug. C.; c. 1526, Syon. Frequently found). De Legibus (12 cent., Durh.). De Officiis (1202, Rochester; beg. 14 cent., Lanthony; c. 1300, Ch. Ch. C.; 1372, August. Fr. York; 1418, Peterhouse; 1439, Ox. U. L.; 1475, S. Cath. H.; c. 1497, S. Aug. C.; c. 1526, Syon). De Republica (Somnium Scipionis (c. 1300, Ch. Ch. C.; 14 cent., Ramsey; 1418, Peterhouse;? 1482, Leicester; c. 1526, Syon). De Amicitia (c. 1170, Ch. Ch. C.; 1180, Whitby; 1195, Durh.; 1217-18, Evesham; 1248, Glastonbury; beg. 14 cent., Lanthony; c. 1300, Ch. Ch. C.; 1372, August. Fr. York; 1391, Durh.; c. 1497, S. Aug. C.; c. 1526, Syon--one of the commonest of classic works in the M.A.). Paradoxa (1217-18, Evesham; c. 1300, Ch. Ch. C.; 1391, Durh.; c. 1497, S. Aug. C.; c. 1526, Syon). Tusculanae disputationes (beg. 14 cent., Lanthony; 1418, Peterhouse; c. 1497, S. Aug. C.; 1524, Cant. Coll.; 1526, Syon). De Inventione (Rhetorica) (c. 1170, Ch. Ch. C.; 12 or 13 cent., Bury; 1372, August. Fr. York; 1391, Durh.; 1439, Ox. U. L.; 1452, King’s Coll. Camb.; 1458, S. Paul’s; 1473, C. U. L.;? 1482, Leicester; c. 1497, S. Aug. C.; 1524, Cant. Coll.; c. 1526, Syon, nova rhetorica). De Oratore (1477, Bp. Shirwood). Topica (c. 1170, Ch. Ch. C.; c. 1300, Ch. Ch. C.). De Natura Deorum (c. 1526, Syon). De Finibus (1472, Bp. Shirwood).
GELLIUS.--Noctes Atticae (c. 1300, Ch. Ch. C.; 1391, Durh.; 1439, Ox. U. L.; 1476, Bp. Shirwood; 1520, Wm. Grocyn; c. 1526, Syon).
“HOMER.”--(12 cent., Durh.; 1180, Whitby). Iliad (c. 1526, Syon).
HORACE.--(c. 1170, Ch. Ch. C.; 12 or 13 cent., Bury; bef. 13 cent., Reading; 1202, Rochester; 1248, Glastonbury; beg. 14 cent., Lanthony; 14 cent., Ramsey; 1372, August. Fr. York; 1452, King’s Coll. Camb.; c. 1480, Bp. Shirwood;? 1482, Leicester; c. 1497, S. Aug. C.; 1500, Jesus Coll., Rotherham; c. 1526, Syon). Epistles (bef. 13 cent., Reading; 1372, August. Fr. York; 1389, S. Mart. Dov.).
JUVENAL.--c. 1170, Ch. Ch. C.; 1180, Whitby; 12 cent., Durh.; 12 or 13 cent., Bury; bef. 13 cent., Reading; 1217-18, Evesham; 1248, Glastonbury; 1372, August. Fr. York; 1389, S. Mart. Dov.; 1391, Durh.; 1487, Bp. Shirwood; c. 1497, S. Aug. C.; 1520, Wm. Grocyn; c. 1526, Syon.
LIVY.--(1248, Glastonbury; c. 1300, Ch. Ch. C.; 1443, Ox. U. L.; 1475, Bp. Shirwood; 1508, Ch. Ch. C.; 1520, Wm. Grocyn; c. 1526, Syon, epitome by Florus).
LUCAN.--(8 cent., York; c. 1170, Ch. Ch. C.; 12 cent., Durh.; 1202, Rochester; 1217-18, Evesham; c. 1300, Ch. Ch. C.; beg. 14 cent., Lanthony; 14 cent., Ramsey; 1389, S. Mart. Dov.; 1418, Peterhouse; 1473, C. U. L.;? 1482, Leicester; c. 1497, S. Aug. C.; 1524, Cant. Coll.; c. 1526, Syon).
LUCRETIUS.--De Rerum natura (1520, Wm. Grocyn).
MARTIAL.--(12 cent., Peterboro’; 14 cent., Ramsey; c. 1300, Ch. Ch. C.; 1372, August. Fr. York, Epigrammata marcii valerii, libri 15; c. 1400, Meaux; 1418, Peterhouse; 1451, Henry Calder, vicar of Cookfield; 1476, Bp. Shirwood).
OVID.--(c. 1170, Ch. Ch. C.; 12 cent., Durh.; beg. 14 cent., Lanthony; 1202, Rochester, Ovidius magnus; 14 cent., Ramsey; c. 1300, Ch. Ch. C.;? 1482, Leicester). Ars amatoria (12 cent., Durh.; 1372, August. Fr. York; 1500, Jesus Coll., Rotherham). Remedia Amoris (12 cent., Durh.; 1372, August. Fr. York; 1438, T. Cooper, a scholar of Oxford; c. 1497, S. Aug. C.; 1500, Jesus Coll., Rotherham). Mendicamina faciei (c. 1497, S. Aug. C.). Metamorphoses (1372, August. Fr. York; 1389, S. Mart. Dov.; 1443, Ox. U. L.; 1452, King’s Coll. Camb.; 1470, Pembr. Coll.; 1473, C. U. L.;? 1482, Leicester, de mirabilibus mundi; c. 1497, S. Aug. C.; 1500, Jesus Coll., Rotherham; c. 1526, Syon). Fasti (12 cent., Durh.; 1202, Rochester; 1372, August. Fr. York; 1389, S. Mart. Durh.; 1418, Peterhouse; 1443, Ox. U. L.). Tristia (c. 1170, Ch. Ch. C.; 12 cent., Durh.; 1372, August. Fr. York; 1389, S. Mart. Dov.; 1418, Peterhouse; c. 1497, S. Aug. C.). Ibis (c. 1170, Ch. Ch. C.; 12 cent., Durh.; 1372, August. Fr. York; c. 1400, Meaux; c. 1497, S. Aug. C.). Heroides (1372, August. Fr. York). Ex Ponto (c. 1170, Ch. Ch. C.; 12 cent., Durh.; 1372, August. Fr. York; 1391, Durh.; c. 1497, S. Aug. C.).
PERSIUS--(c. 1170, Ch. Ch. C.; 1180, Whitby; 12 cent., Durh.; 1202, Rochester; 1248, Glastonbury; beg. 14 cent., Lanthony; 1520, Wm. Grocyn).
PLATO--(1180, Whitby; bef. 13 cent., Reading; c. 1300, Ch. Ch. C.; 1389, S. Mart. Dov.; 1439, Ox. U. L.;? 1482, Leicester; c. 1526, Syon). Timaeus (c. 1170, Ch. Ch. C.; 12 cent., Durh.; 1248, Glastonbury; beg. 14 cent., Lanthony; c. 1300, Ch. Ch. C.; 1372, August Fr. York; 1418, Peterhouse; 1451, Hy. Caldey, vicar of Cookfield; 1478, Balliol Coll., new translation; c. 1497, S. Aug. C.). Republic (1443, Ox. U. L., new translation; 1452, King’s Coll., Camb.; 1475, S. Cath. H.). Euthyphro (1478, Balliol Coll., new translation).
PLAUTUS--12 or 13 cent., Bury [James^{1}, 27]; beg. 14 cent., Lanthony, Aulularia; 1481, Bp. Shirwood; 1520, Wm. Grocyn.
PLINY THE ELDER--(8 cent., York; 1126-71, Glastonbury, de naturali historia; 12 or 13 cent., Bury; c. 1300, Ch. Ch. C., Prima pars Plinii, et secunda pars; 1418, Peterhouse, Hist. nat.; 1439, Ox. U. L., Plinius de naturis rerum; 1443, Ox. U. L., Physica; 1464, Bp. Shirwood; 1520, Wm. Grocyn; c. 1526, Syon). Extracts, Medicina Plinii (c. 1300, Ch. Ch. C., Liber Plinii junioris de diversis medicinis).
PLINY THE YOUNGER.--Letters (1443, Ox. U. L.).
PLUTARCH.--Vitae (1480, Bp. Shirwood, printed, Latin; 1520, Wm. Grocyn).
QUINTILIAN.--Institutio oratoria (12 cent., Durh.; c. 1290, the La Fytes, scholars at Oxford; c. 1300, Ch. Ch. C.; 1326-35, S. Albans; 1389, S. Mart. Dov.; 1391, Durh.; 1418, Peterhouse; 1439, Ox. U. L.; 1475, S. Cath. H.; 1478, Balliol Coll.; c. 1497, S. Aug. C.)
SALLUST--(c. 1170, Ch. Ch. C.; 12 cent. Durh.; 1202, Rochester; 1248, Glastonbury; beg. 14 cent., Lanthony; c. 1400, Meaux; 1418, Peterhouse). Bella (12 cent., Bury; 1452, King’s Coll. Camb., de bello Cat.; 1500, Jesus Coll., Rotherham; c. 1526, Syon). SENECA THE YOUNGER--c. 1170, Peterboro’; 1260-9, S. Albans; 12 cent., Durh.; 14 cent., Ramsey; 1478, Balliol Coll.; 1520, Wm. Grocyn). Opera (c. 1497, S. Aug. C.). De Beneficiis (c. 1300, Ch. Ch. C.; 1395, Durh.; c. 1400, Meaux; 1418, Peterhouse). De Clementia (c. 1300, Ch. Ch. C.; 1395, Durh.; 1418, Peterhouse; 1458, S. Paul’s). Epistolae morales (12 cent., Peterboro’; 12 or 13 cent., Bury; bef. 13 cent., Reading; 13 cent., Rievaulx; c. 1300, Ch. Ch. C.; 1372, August. Fr. York; 1395, Durh.; c. 1400, Meaux; 1418, Peterhouse; 1451, Hy. Caldey, vicar of Cookfield; 1452, King’s Coll., Camb.; c. 1497, S. Aug. C.). Naturales quaestiones (1418, Peterhouse; 1458, S. Paul’s). Tragædiae (1372, August. Fr. York; 1439, Ox. U. L.; 1452, King’s Coll., Camb.; c. 1480, Bp. Shirwood). Innumerable.
STATIUS--(8 cent., York; 1180, Whitby; 12 or 13 cent., Bury; 1389, S. Mart. Dov.; c. 1526, Syon). Thebais (c. 1170, Ch. Ch. C.; 12 cent., Durh.; 1418, Peterhouse; 1479, Bp. Shirwood). Achilleis (c. 1170, Ch. Ch. C.; 12 cent., Durh.; 1372, August Fr. York; 1452, King’s Coll. Camb.; c. 1497, S. Aug. C.). Silvae (1478 Bp. Shirwood).
SUETONIUS.--De Vita Caesarum (12 or 13 cent., Bury; 1126-71, Glastonbury; c. 1300, Ch. Ch. C.; 1372, August. Fr. York; c. 1400, Meaux; 1443, Ox. U. L.; 1458, S. Paul’s; 1476, Bp. Shirwood; 1508, New Coll.; 1520, Wm. Grocyn; c. 1526, Syon).
TACITUS.--De Oratoribus (1520, Wm. Grocyn; 1526, Syon).
TERENCE--(12 cent., Durh.; 12 cent., Peterboro’; 12 or 13 cent., Bury; c. 1170, Ch. Ch. C.; 1202, Rochester; c. 1300, Ch. Ch. C.; beg. 14 cent., Lanthony; 14 cent., Ramsey; 1326-35, S. Albans; 1372, August. Fr. York; 1389, S. Mart. Dov.; 1391, Durh.; 1443, Ox. U. L.; 1471, Bp. Shirwood; c. 1497, S. Aug. C.; 1500, Jesus Coll., Rotherham; c. 1530, Wells Cath.).
TROGUS, POMPEIUS--(8 cent., York; 1095, Durh.; 12 cent., Durh.; 1391, Durh.; 1443, Ox. U. L.; 1465, Bp. Shirwood).
VALERIUS MAXIMUS.--Facta et dicta memorabilia (13 cent., Bury; 1391, Durh.; 1418, Peterhouse; 1420-40, S. Albans; 1452, King’s Coll. Camb.; 1520, Wm. Grocyn; c. 1526, Syon).
VARRO.--De Lingua Latina (1443, Ox. U. L.; c. 1526, Syon).
VIRGIL--(8 cent., York; 12 or 13 cent., Bury; 12 cent., Durh.; c. 1150, Lincoln Cath.; c. 1170, Ch. Ch. C., Virgilius totus; 14 cent., Ramsey; 1326-35, S. Albans;? 1482, Leicester; c. 1526, Syon, Opera). Bucolics (12 cent., Durh.; 1180, Whitby; bef. 13 cent., Reading; 1202, Rochester; 1248, Glastonbury; 1372, August. Fr. York; 1389, S. Mart. Dov.; 1391, Durh.; 1418, Peterhouse; 1452, King’s Coll. Camb., Virgilius in bucolicis cum ceteris; 1458, S. Paul’s; c. 1497, S. Aug. C.). Georgics (12 cent., Durh.; bef. 13 cent., Reading; 1202, Rochester; 1248, Glastonbury; 1372, August. Fr. York; 1391, Durh.; c. 1497, S. Aug. C.). Aeneid (1202, Rochester; 1248, Glastonbury; c. 1300, Ch. Ch. C.; 1372, August. Fr. York; 1391, Durh.; 1418, Peterhouse; c. 1497, S. Aug. C.; 1524, Cant. Coll.).
NOTE.
In compiling the above list use has been made of Bateson; Becker; Bradshaw; C.A.S.; Chron. Mon. de Melsa, iii.; Dugdale, Hist. of S. Paul’s; E.H.R. iii.; James; James^{1}; James^{2}; James^{9}; James^{10}; Mun. Acad.; Robinson; Sur. Soc. vii.; Archaeologia Cantiana; Fasciculus Ioanni Willis Clark dicatus (art. by Dr. M. R. James), and other works.
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