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

University College MS. 142

Contents

Language(s): Middle English (South west Sussex dialect)

2.
Printed treatise
3.
"Of seuen maystyrs of art"

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: vellum

Binding

Medieval wooden boards, stripped and rebacked with maroon morocco

History

Origin: 15th century ; England

Provenance and Acquisition

"olim Johannis Ramsey." (Coxe) Previously owned by Ricardus Rauf P L, John and William Weston de Ocham. Belonged to Gerald Langbaine. Possibly given to Univ. by Mary Langbaine.

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. 120-1

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.