MS. Bodl. 3
Summary Catalogue no.: 1843
Contents
Language(s): Middle English
(fol. iii)
Text on arithmetic 1. (fol. 1)
Pore Caitif Incipit: This tretis compilid of a pore caitif
Incipit: The ground of al goodnes
Final rubric: Here endith this tretijs that is clepid the Pore Caytif
In fourteen parts with Prologue (the Creed, Decalogue, Lord's Prayer, eleven short discourses): Jolliffe, Checklist, B
2. (fol. 162v)
The Mirror of Sinners Rubric: The Myrrour of Synners
Incipit: For that we ben in the wey of this failynge lyf
English translation of Ps.-Bernard, Speculum peccatoris; Jolliffe, Checklist, F.8 3. (fol. 173)
Three Arrows of Domesday Rubric: Here sueth a tretijs of Thre Arowis that schulen be schote at Domysdai upon hem that ther schulen be dampned
Incipit: Who so wole haue in mynde
(fols. 182–3)
Medical recipe Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: v + 186 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 6.25 × 4.625 in.
Decoration
Penwork borders and capitals.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Owned in the 16th cent. by 'George Clifforde', 'Rycardus Hall', and perhaps 'Mathewe dwellyng at the Signe of the White Bere at Westchirche in Bukkelersebury', London.
Presented by dr. William Cotton, bishop of Exeter, in 1605.
Record Sources
Description adapted (March 2020) from the Summary Catalogue (1922), with reference to other published literature as cited.
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2020-03-18: Description revised to include all information in SC updated in the light of published literature as cited.