MS. Bodl. 48
Summary Catalogue no.: 1885
Contents
1. (fol. 1)
, Emendatio uitae Rubric: Libellus de emendacione siue regula viuendi
Incipit: Ne tardes conuerti
Final rubric: Libellus Ricardi heremite de emendacione peccatoris, qui obijt anno domini Millesimo cccºxlixº apud sanctimoniales de Hampolle
Language(s): Latin
3. (fol. 29v)
, Commentary on the Lord's Prayer Rubric: Exposicio Oracionis Dominice
Incipit: Pater noster ... Hec oracio priuilegiata est
Language(s): Latin
4. (fol. 32)
, Commentary on the Apostle's Creed Rubric: Exposicio Symboli
Incipit: Decimo die post Ascencionem
Final rubric: per Ricardum heremitam
Language(s): Latin
5. (fol. 47)
, Speculum Vitae Incipit: Aall myȝthy God in Trynyte
Final rubric: Hic desinit esse hoc Speculum Vite
Language(s): Middle English
6. (fol. 325v)
The Simonie Incipit: Lordyngs leue & dere, listneϸ to me astounde
Final rubric: Explicit Symonye & Couetise
Redaction with additional verses (also known as ‘Symonye and Covetise’): IMEV 1992, DIMEV 3248, NIMEV 4615. Three leaves are almost entirely wanting after fol. 325, containing lines 31–210.
Language(s): Middle English
7.
(fol. 331)
Stans puer ad mensam Added on blank leaves by a rather later 15th cent. hand.
Language(s): Middle English
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: iii + 336 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 7.875 × 6 in.
Decoration
Coloured capitals.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Presented by sir George More in 1604.
Record Sources
Description adapted (March 2020) from the Summary Catalogue (1922) with reference to additional published literature as cited.
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2020-03-24: Description revised to include all information in SC.