MS. Bodl. 338

Summary Catalogue no.: 2399

Rubric: Incipit liber qui vocatur Sompnium Viridarij, tractatus de potestate vtriusque iurisdictionis, spiritualis videlicet et temporalis ac de earundem vnione concordia et pace dyalogice procedens

In two books (see fol. 67v) with a prologue, and list of chapters, after which is a colophon stating that the work was finished by the author on May 16, 1376, the day on which, two years before, the King of France had appointed him 'inter agentes in rebus domus sue & in consiliarium'.

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: parchment

Extent: i + 133 leaves

Dimensions (binding): 13.125 × 9.75 in.

Layout

2 cols.

Decoration

Attributed to the circle of the Master of John Talbot, active in Rouen (Beyond Words : Illuminated Manuscripts in Boston Collections (2016), cat. 180 [Anne D. Hedeman]) . Cf. Pächt and Alexander i. 697, pl. LIII.

Three fine miniatures. On fol. 1 is a large miniature of the author dreaming in a garden and five figures round him.

Two fine borders.

Fine initials.

History

Origin: 15th century, middle ; French, Rouen

Provenance and Acquisition

Exeter, Devon, Cathedral church of St Peter: identifiable in the catalogue of 1506 (CBMLC SC35.334, forthcoming). (MLGB3: inferred evidence).

Pres. by Dean and Chapter of Exeter, 1602.

Record Sources

Description adapted (2024) from the Summary Catalogue (1922) and Pächt and Alexander (1966), with additional reference to published literature as cited.

Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 1, p. 348

Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 1, p. 349