MS. Bodl. 100
Summary Catalogue no.: 1947
Contents
, Scale of Perfection
Incipit: Gostly sester in Ihesu Crist, praye thee that in the callynge
Incipit: (bk. ii) For as moche as thow coueytest gretly & axest hit for charite
Explicit: myghte ben writen in a gret bok
Bk. II, fol. 73, with table of chapters, fol. 71.
Language(s): Middle English
On fols. ii verso, iii recto are some theological notes in Latin, an English proverb, and a French prayer, and on fol. iii verso some Latin notes of papal indulgences, etc.: some rude figures of a captive and redeemed soul are on fol. 72v: and a cryptic note or name on fol. 172v.
Language(s): Latin, Middle English and Anglo-Norman
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: iii + 173 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 8.75 × 6.375 in.
Layout
2 cols.
Decoration
Good borders.
Initials.
Drawing (defaced), fol. 72v, added 15th century, first half. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 733)
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Presented by dr. William Cotton, bp. of Exeter, in 1605.
Record Sources
Description adapted (April 2020) from the following sources:
Otto Pächt and J. J. G. Alexander, Illuminated Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, III (1973), no. 733 [decoration, origin, date]
Summary Catalogue (1922) [contents, physical description, provenance and acquisition]
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (1 image from 35mm slides)
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2020-04-02: Revised to incorporate all information in SC.