MS. Bodl. 460

Summary Catalogue no.: 2417

Bartholomew of Urbino, Memoriale militie spiritualis

Rubric: Liber qui intitulatur Memoriale milicie spiritualis \per Bartholomeum de Vrbino, vt colligitur ex Vincentij Speculo/ [later 15th cent. hand]

Incipit: (pref.) In Autenticis est statutum

Incipit: Istis premissis de Dei gracia

In three parts.

An index of subjects is at the end.

The two treatises described in the Old Catalogue of 1697 as succeeding the Memoriale in this volume (De Veritate, Joh. Wallensis) are only mentioned in the preface as works used by Bartholomaeus.

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: parchment

Extent: ii + 132 leaves

Dimensions (binding): 12.5 × 8.625 in.

Layout

2 cols.

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander iii. 917

Good border (mutilated - arms cut out (?)).

Good initials.

Notes on illumination, fol. 130v: 'de cap(italibus) flor(iatis) 80. de parag(raphis) 319 [?]'.

Binding

s.xv² Oxford binding, stamped cover on bevelled boards, with clasps (one injured). See Mirjam Foot, 'English Decorated Bookbindings' in Book Production and Publishing in Britain, 1375-1475, ed. by Jeremy Griffiths and Derek Pearsall (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989), p. 71.

History

Origin: 15th century, second quarter ; English

Provenance and Acquisition

Probably acquired by the Library between 1605 and 1611.

Record Sources

Description adapted (2024) from the Summary Catalogue (1922), with reference to published literature as cited. Decoration, localization, binding, and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973).

Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 1, p. 357

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (1 image of binding from 35mm slides)

Abbreviations

View list of abbreviations and editorial conventions.

Last Substantive Revision

2025-02: Jemima Bennett: updated binding description.

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