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

MS. Bodl. 333

Summary Catalogue no.: 2245

Physical Description

Composite: two parts
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: iii + 189 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 13.375 × 9.375 in.

Condition

Discoloured in the latter part.

Layout

2 cols

Binding

Stamped white sheepskin (c. 1602) over older sewing and boards, damaged and repaired.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Exeter, Devon, Cathedral church of St Peter: 'Hunc librum communi librarie ecclesie Cathedralis Exoniensis disposuit et dedit magister Henricus Webber, Ecclesie predicte decanus [1460–1477]' (MLGB3)

Presented by the Dean and chapter of Exeter, 1602

MS. Bodl. 333 – Part 1

Contents

1. (fol. 1)
Robert Kilwardby, De conscientia
Explicit: Expliciunt Questiones Roberti de Kylwardby de Consciencia
Language(s): Latin
2. (fol. 32v)
Franciscus de Maronis, Flores S. Augustini
Rubric: 'Flores beati Augustini ...'

A compilation of extracts from the following texts by Augustine:

(fol. 32v)
Augustine, De Trinitate
Rubric: Flores Francisci de Maronis super beatum Augustinum De Trinitate
(fol. 97)
Augustine, De Trinitate

With notes in the margins. The compiler's name is not mentioned except in two lists of contents: 'Meronis,' 'Matoris'

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander iii. 821

Penwork border

A sketch of a monk is on fol. 63 (Summary Catalogue)

History

Origin: 15th century, beginning ; England

MS. Bodl. 333 – Part 2

Contents

1. (fol. 109)
John Wyclif, De mandatis diuinus
Explicit: Explicit Compendium 10 Mandatorum editum a magistro ... [erased name, J. Wyklyffe ?] doctore evangelice veritatis, cuius anime misereatur Omnipotens
(=Summa in theologia, Book I)

With marginal notes (see fol. 150), in thirty chapters

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 15th century, beginning ; England

Additional Information

Record Sources

Description adapted (March 2023) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1922). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973)

Bibliography

Last Substantive Revision

2023-01-06: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1922)