MS. Bodl. 474
Summary Catalogue no.: 2000
Contents
Speculum laicorum
Rubric: Tractatus qui dicitur Speculum Laycorum
Incipit: (preface) In Christo sibi dilecto quondam conscolari & confratri moderno
Incipit: (type) De triplici abstinencia. Cap. 1. Abstinencie triplex est species
In 87 chapters, consisting of an alphabetical series of discourses on theological and moral subjects, illustrated by quotations and by 'narraciones', some dated, 1310 (fol. 39v) 1247 (fol. 43v), 1298 (fol. 71), 1265 (fol. 104v), 1356 (fol. 134). A list of chapters is at fol. ii.
On fol. 173 is a 16th cent. reference to a 'Scala Perfectionis' by Walter Hilton. The lower margins of fols. 62, 65 are cut off.
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: ii + 173 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 9.375 × 6.875 in.
Decoration
Illuminated capitals.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
The name of Judith Baker (16th cent.) is on fol. 33.
Presented by dr. William Cotton bp. of Exeter, in 1605.
Record Sources
Description adapted (April 2020) from the Summary Catalogue (1922).
Abbreviations
View list of abbreviations and editorial conventions.
Last Substantive Revision
2020-04-09: Revised to incorporate all relevant information in SC.