MS. Bodl. 281
Summary Catalogue no.: 2331
Contents
Language(s): Latin
Followed by the work itself. An index is at fol. 156.
Fols. 73 and 74 are transposed in the binding.
Gerard Langbaine thought he recognized Brian Twyne's hand in a note on fol. 123v.
The first part of a treatise on the preparation of sermons: ends abruptly on fol. 163v, some leaves being lost, 'Aristoteles. Qui permittit'.
Physical Description
Layout
2 cols.
Hand(s)
Fols. 1–122 written by Henry Mere , with his initials, fols. 72v, 116v (cf. M. B. Parkes, "A Fifteenth-Century Scribe: Henry Mere", in Scribes, Scripts and Readers: Studies in the Communication, Presentation and Dissemination of Medieval Texts (London, 1991), pp. 249-56). The second scribe also wrote MS. Auct. F. 5. 26. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 987, pl. XCII)
Binding
Elaborate stamped-leather sides (English 15th cent. work, of Canterbury, see no. 2291, an imitation of a 12th cent. design), pasted on an 18th cent. binding: 'Time Deum' and 'bien' are among the stamps. Attribute to John Kemsyn (the Canterbury binder).
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Canterbury, Kent, Benedictine cathedral priory of Holy Trinity or Christ Church: On fol. 1r in an initial letter are the arms of the priory of Christ Church, Canterbury (azure, a cross argent, charged with the letter X in the fesse point and the letter I in the honour point, both sable for Christi). (MLGB3: inferred evidence).
Presented by Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob Colfe in 1616.
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Last Substantive Revision
2024-09: Description revised to incorporate all information from Summary Catalogue.