Chapter XV: Appendix: B

LIST OF CERTAIN CLASSIC AUTHORS FOUND IN MEDIEVAL CATALOGUES

This list is brief, but it should be long enough to show clearly what Greek and Latin authors were read in the Middle Ages, and to indicate roughly their comparative popularity. A note has been made of only one copy of a work found at a particular place at a certain time; often there were duplicates, sometimes many copies: for example, consult Appendix C, under date _c._ 1170.

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
[sic] 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.