Old English libraries

by Ernest Albert Savage

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).