A catalogue of Western manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries and selected Oxford colleges

MS. Bodl. 149

Summary Catalogue no.: 1922

Contents

Language(s): Latin

1. (fol. 1)
Augustine, Enchiridion
Rubric: Liber Eucheridion[sic] Augustini Aurelij Laurencio scribentis...
Final rubric: Explicit Liber. Enchiridion
2. (fol. 30)
Ps.-Augustine, Hypomnesticon contra pelagianos et caelestianos
Rubric: Aurelij Augustini doctoris contra Pelagianos et Celestianos hereticos Ypognosticon liber...
3. (fol. 50v)
Cyprian (Ps.-Augustine), De oratione dominica
Incipit: Evangelica praecepta
4. (fol. 58v)
Augustine, Sermo de poenitentia (serm. 351)
Rubric: Aurelii Augustini Ypponensis episcopi tractatus de utilitate Penitentię que in tribus consistit actionibus
5. (fol. 66)
Ps.-Augustine, De poenitentibus (serm. 393)
Incipit: Penitentes, penitentes, penitentes. Si tamen estis
6. (fol. 66v)
Ralph, d'Escures (Ps.-Anselm), Serm. 9
Rubric: Omelia uenerabilis Anselmi Cantuariensis archiepiscopi
Incipit: Intrauit Ihesus. Quid ad gloriosam uirginem

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment; stained at the beginning
Extent: ii + 70 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 12.375 × 8.5 in.

Layout

2 cols.

Decoration

Good initials. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 84)

History

Origin: 12th century, beginning ; English

Provenance and Acquisition

Exeter Cathedral: identifiable in medieval catalogues (MLGB).

Presented by the dean and chapter of Exeter in 1602.

Record Sources

Description adapted (March 2020) from the following sources, with additional reference to published literature as cited:
Otto Pächt and J. J. G. Alexander, Illuminated Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, III (1973), no. 84 [decoration, origin, date]
Summary Catalogue (1922) [contents, physical description, provenance and acquisition]

Bibliography

Last Substantive Revision

2020-03-31: Revised to incorporate all information in SC.