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THE PSEUDO-BON/l.VENTURIAN « SYMBOLICA THE0L0GIA" 175 Manuscripts containing the « Symbolica theologia » I - MS Toulouse, Bibliotheque de la Ville, 232. On parchment; written by the same hand in the fourteenth century; 195 X 145 mm.; 86 leaves 6 • 1. (f.lr ) U0ANNES MICHAELIS or MICHAEL GALLUS, O.Min.], Tractatus de mansionibus spiritualibus (in ms.: Incipit tractatus de mansionibus; other MSS are cited by M.W. Bloomfield in Traditio 11[1955] 275 n.114, where besides Toulouse 232 must be added Basel, Univ.Bibl. A.X.73; the treatise occurs with the following names: De XLII mansionibus in deserto, Tractatus de vitiis et virtutibus eisdem oppositis, De gradibus virtutum, Mansiones in deserto mysticae; as to the author see J.H. SBARA– LEA, Supplementum et castigatio ad Scriptores trium Ordinum S. Francisci II, Romae 1921, 256; however, his remark, « sunt qui tradant claruisse eum anno 1490 » is evidently false as there are known at least four MSS of the fourteenth century). Inc. Circa quadraginta duas mansiones quibus filii Israel ambulaverunt per desertum in terram promissionis notandum quod Christus descendit per XLII generationes; expl. (f.29v) dominus Deus super cos videbitur per contemptum omnium bonorum terrenorum. Quod nobis videlicet praestare dignetur qui cum Patre et Spiritu Sancto vivit et regnat etc. Et hoe Deo attribuamus. In hoe enim terminatur tractatus qui intitulatur 'De mansionibus spiritualibus'. Explicit. Deo qui dedit scribere sint gratiae infinitae. Amen. Cum Domino semper ma– neamus. 2. (f.29v) [MALACHIAS HIBERNICUS of Limerick, O.Min.], De veneno spi– rituali (in ms.: Alius tractatus de veneno spirituali incipit; ed. Paris 1518; many MSS listed by M.W. Bloomfield in Traditio 11[1955] 353 n.852; also by S.H. THOMSON, The Writings of Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln 1235-1253, Cambridge 1940, 268-270; on the author see Dizionario Ecclesiastico II, Torino 1955, 789). Inc. Ratio veneni potissime convenit peccato: prioritate originis, universa– litate infectionis, difficultate curae vel medicationis. Venenum enim incepit a creatura rationali; expl. (f.38v) illa quae probatur magis dilecta defuncto in vita, cum eo in sepulchro ponitur et hoe habet illa pro magno honore omnibus aliis derelictis. Explicit tractatus de veneno spirituali peccati. 3. (f.39r) [PSEUDO-AUGUSTINUS], De essentia divinitatis liber unus (in ms.: Tabula beati Hieronymi de membris Domini; published in PL 42, 1199-1206; see also Sancti Eucherii Lugdunensis episcopi formularum spi– ritualis intelligentiae ad Uranium liber unus in PL 50, 729-737). Inc. Omnipotens Deus Pater et Filius et Spiritus Sanctus unus est atque trinus; expl. (f.40v) vigi!are Dei est in defensorem et ultorem inimicorum se manifestum demonstrare. Psalm. Ecce non dormitabit neque dormiet qui custodit Israel. Finis. - The leaf 41r-v is left blank. " Our special thanks are due to Miss J. Vielliard, headmistress of the « Institut de Recherche et d'Histoire des Textes » of Paris, who graciously lent us a microfilm of this manuscript. We should also like to thank Fr. Giuseppe Abate, O.F.M.Conv., for his help in. identifying some anonymous works.