MS. Bodl. 42
Summary Catalogue no.: 1846
Contents
List of contents, with items now missing including in part 2 'Epistola fratris Vincentii de Antichristo missa pape Benedicto'
Physical Description
Binding
Plain white leather on boards, clasps lost, 15th cent. English work.
Leather bookmarks.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
'Liber magistri J. Collis emptus a domino W. Palett ... 1472, precium vijs.'
'Hec est caucio magistri [Jacobi] Babbe, magistri [Gul.] Merefylde & Johannis Mane, exposita in cista Germeyne in vº die mensis Octobris anno Domini ccccº 7 ixº ... & habet 2º supplementa, primum est Byblia 2º folio edisserunt, 2m supplementum est Liber Januensis de Sanctis 2º folio nec ligaturam, & iacet pro xlvj s viii d'
Oxford, Exeter College: 'Item lego collegio Exoniensi librum ... [hunc], & volo quod transeat in communi electione librorum. Teste Ricardo Smyth'
'Ex legacione magistri Jacobi Babbe ...... restituatur'
'De eleccione Smale.'
Probably acquired by the Library between 1605 and 1611.
MS. Bodl. 42 – Part 1 (fols. 1–236)
Contents
Language(s): Latin
Ends abruptly on fol. 22r with 'in quo requiritur' in chapt. 1 of part 2.
A list of questions discussed in the commentaries.
Physical Description
Decoration
Penwork.
History
MS. Bodl. 42 – Part 2
Contents
Two poems:
In three books.
With other theological notes and extracts
Letter from pope Innocent IV, recommending Fredericus de Lavania to a canonry at Lincoln, A.D. 1253, with Grosseteste's refusal (Ep. 128)
Notes of Roman, Hebrew, and Greek months (fols. 276, 284), and of the Greek alphabet
Physical Description
Layout
Partly in two columns.
Hand(s)
Two hands.
History
Additional Information
Record Sources
Bibliography
Online resources:
Abbreviations
View list of abbreviations and editorial conventions.
Last Substantive Revision
2020-03-19: Description revised to include all information in SC updated in the light of published literature as cited.