University College MS. 85
Contents
1.
, Quadrilogue invectif Language(s): Middle English
2.
, Secreet of Secreets Language(s): Middle English
3.
Three consideracions right necessarye to the good gouernaunce of a prince Language(s): Middle English
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: vellum
Decoration
Two half-page miniatures , borders (including two full bar borders) and text decoration
Binding
19th-century brown leather
History
Provenance and Acquisition
"Crest, two arms embossed vested azure, holding between the hands proper a garb or and the motto 'Oublier ne doit', pp. 1, 70. Verses in French by Michel Otheu [Otthen], physician of Emperor Maxmilian II addressed to Anne, duchess of Somerset, added pp. 2, 18, 180, 1585." (Alexander and Temple) Possibly given by Obadiah Walker, s. VXII.
Record Sources
Summary description based on the following sources.
J. J. G. Alexander and Elzbieta Temple, Illuminated manuscripts in Oxford college libraries, the University Archives and the Taylor Institution (Oxford, 1985), Cat. No. 549 [information on decoration and origin]
S. J. Ogilvie-Thomson (ed.), The Index of Middle English Prose VIII: Manuscripts Containing Middle English Prose in Oxford College Libraries (Cambridge, 1991), p. 108-9
Availability
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Last Substantive Revision
2022-01-13: Record created.