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University College MS. 97

Physical Description

Form: codex

Composite manuscript in 2 parts

Binding

Contemporary

History

Origin: 1350–1500

Provenance and Acquisition

"olim ecclesiæ [S. Petri] de [Westmonasertio?] in qua Blanchia ducissa Lancastriæ an. 1368 sepulta; postea coll. Univ e dono Th. Walker, magistri." (Coxe)

University College MS. 97 - Part 1

Contents

1.
Prophecies of St Thomas of Canterbury
Language(s): Middle English
2.
Gesta romanorum moralista
Language(s): Latin
3.
Papal Bull (to Thomas Bourchier, archbishop of Canterbury, dated 1456)

Physical Description

Support: vellum and paper

History

Origin: 14th century, end

Provenance

England.

University College MS. 97 - Part 2

Contents

1.
Devotional treatises
Language(s): Middle English
2.
Wycliffite version of Visitatio infirmorum
3.
Short chronicles
4.
Sir Johne Clanvowe, Treatise
5.
Documents and chronicles relating to St Paul's Cathedral, London

Physical Description

Support: vellum

History

Origin: 15th century

Additional Information

Record Sources

Summary description based on the following sources.

S. J. Ogilvie-Thomson (ed.), The Index of Middle English Prose VIII: Manuscripts Containing Middle English Prose in Oxford College Libraries (Cambridge, 1991), p. 109-12

Availability

For permission to use images of this manuscript, please contact University College Library: library@univ.ox.ac.uk

Last Substantive Revision

2022-01-13: Record created.