Paulus Orosius, Historia Adversus Paganos (imperfect); Pseudo-Dares Phrygius, De Excidio Troiae Historia ; Constantinus Africanus, De Melancholia; Peter Abelard, Carmen ad Astralabium
Contents: ff. 5r-88v: Paulus Orosius, Historia Adversus Paganos
(History Against the Pagans), imperfect, starting at a Nino beli
filio rege Assyriorum ; preceded by a capitula list (ff. 2v-4v).
ff. 89r-93v: Pseudo-Dares Phrygius, De Excidio Troiae Historia (On
the destruction of Troy), followed (f. 93v) by the Origo Troianorum
(The origin of the Trojans), beginning: 'Dardanus ex Iove et
Electra filia Athantis'. ff. 94r-99r: Constantinus Africanus, De
Melancholia (On Melancholy). ff. 99r-100v: William of Conches, De
Philosophia Mundi (On the Philosophy of the World) , imperfect,
Book 4, 1-19; followed by a list of words, lettered A-Z (f. 100v).
ff. 100v-103v: Peter Abelard, Carmen ad Astralabium (Chant to
Astrolabe (his son)); ending with eight anonymous lines of a verse
called Lusus sapientum (Game of the wise), attributing verses to
eight authorities: Epicure, Empedocles, Anaxagoras, Thales,
Diogenes, Democritus, Epicure and Pythagoras (f. 103v).
Decoration:Four historiated initials, mainly in red, green, and
blue (ff. 28r, 32v, 88v, 89r).Six foliate initials, in colours,
some with dragons and/or human heads (ff. 8v, 14r, 22v with gold,
44v, 56v, 69v). Marginal drawings in ink (ff. 33r, 36v, 47v) or
leadpoint (ff. 12r, 44r). Small initials in combinations of red,
green, and blue, occasionally with human faces (e.g., f.
57v).Headings in red.
