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MS. Bodl. 346

Summary Catalogue no.: 2418

Contents

1.
St. Bridget, Revelations
Incipit: Stupor & mirabilia

The eight Revelations (Liber caelestis) of Bridget

Language(s): Latin
2.

Between books 7 and 8 are:

3. (fols. 144v-153r)
St. Bridget, Sermo Angelicus
Rubric: Sermo angelicus beate Brigide per angelum diuinitus dictatus in urbe Roma

Consisting of: Lectiones que legi debent [...] in monasteriis [...] regule Saluatoris

Language(s): Latin
4. (fols. 153v-156r)
St. Bridget, Quattuor Orationes
Rubric: Oraciones beate Brigide ... diuinitus reuelate
Language(s): Latin
5. (fols. 156v-176v)
Alfonso Pecha, Epistola Solitarii ad Reges
Rubric: Epistola solitarii ad reges
Incipit: O serenissimi reges
Language(s): Latin
6. (fol. 177r)
Papal letters approving the Regula sancta salvatoris and Bridget's Constitutions or Statutes for her monastery of St. Mary at Wadstena
Language(s): Latin
7. (fols. 182v-197v)
Index to the whole work
Language(s): Latin
8. (fols. 198r-206r)
Office of Bridget from the breviary and missal
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: ii + 206 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 13.875 × 9.75 in.

Layout

2 cols.

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander iii. 764

Good borders

Initials

Binding

Stamped brown leather, Oxford early 17th cent. work.

History

Origin: written in the first half of the 15th century ; England

Provenance and Acquisition

This volume appears to have come to the Library in 1603 or 1604

MS. Bodl. 346, flyleaves

Contents

Sarum gradual

The fly leaves are parts of two leaves of a 15th century Sarum gradual

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Parchment
Musical Notation:

Notation on staves (see van Dijk 1957)

History

Origin: c. 1400

Additional Information

Record Sources

Description adapted (Oct. 2022) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1922). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973).
Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 1, p. 357
Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 1, p. 358

Bibliography

    Online resources:

    DIGITAL BIRGITTA

    Printed descriptions:

    S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 2: Office Books (typescript, 1957), p. 356
    S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 5: Fragments - Mass Books (typescript, 1957), p. 85

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2022-10-11: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1922)