MS. Bodl. 428
Summary Catalogue no.: 2513
Contents
The hand changes at fol. 7
The latter part is imperfect, ending with 'peccatum non sit putauerit' on fol. 22v (as on fol. 14r of MS. Bodl. 443), after which at least one quire is missing
The latter part of the treatise is imperfect
Begins: 'indigenam, uiduam, uirginem, canonicum' in Chapter VIII
Chapter IX begins: 'Penitentia unius anni qui in pane & aqua ieiunandus est'
There appear to be forty-six chapters in all
Agrees with Thilo's edition, as far as the end of Chapter 27, after which comes Pilate's Letter to Claudius (fol. 36r b): then a piece beginning 'Cumque Cla⟨u⟩dius suscepisset' (fol. 36v) and ending 'nec agant in sempiternum', the last passage beginning 'Hic est liber testimoniorum Dei'
Ends imperfect, some leaves being lost, 'Ipsi tamen qui co⟨ntra⟩'.
Anselm's treatise.
Preceded by the latter part of the second book of his Cur Deus homo, beginning 'tue satis fecisse questioni', in Chapter 20
Missing Chapter IX med. to Chapter 35 med. (some leaves being lost after fol. 55) and all after '& se intelligit' in Chapter 49
Physical Description
Condition
Layout
2 cols
Hand(s)
Three hands.
Decoration
Illuminated capitals.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
'Thomas Cardif: 'Anno Domini . 1546 . secundum Henry Hobbolthorn lordmaior of London: the same yer I Thomaus Cardiff was xix yer old'
The Bodleian holds a number of other volumes owned by Cardiff
This manuscript does not occur in any Bodleian list or catalogue until c. 1655
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Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2023-03-14: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1922)