MS. Bodl. 31

Summary Catalogue no.: 1880

Incipit: Absolucio dicitur tripliciter, scilicet absolucio auctoritatiua

Colophon: Explicit. Go thou thi way. J.O.

At fol. 280 is an added index of the lemmata. For the work see A. Hudson, 'A Lollard compilation and the dissemination of Wycliffite thought', Journal of Theological Studies 23 (1972).

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: parchment

Extent: v + 284 leaves

Dimensions (leaf): 6.625 × 5 in.

Hand(s)

Written by 'J. O.' (?) (see colophon)

Decoration

Coloured capitals.

History

Origin: 15th century, middle ; English

Provenance and Acquisition

'Dalterchyyld de ... Thame [?] angedryn [?] monachus ut predicet & oret [et] cetera [?]', a nearly erased 15th cent. entry, cf. fol. ii verso: 'Richardi Smythei,' 'Myles', all 15th cent.

Presented by dr. William Cotton, bp. of Exeter, in 1605.

Record Sources

Description adapted (March 2020) from the Summary Catalogue (1922).

Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 1, p. 95

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (2 images from 35mm slides)

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2020-03-24: Description revised to include all information in SC.

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