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MS. Bodl. 505

Summary Catalogue no.: 2676

Contents

1.
The Chastising of God's Children
Language(s): English
2.
The Mirror of Simple Souls (translation by 'M.N.' of Margarita Porete, Speculum simplicium animarum)
Language(s): English

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Good borders, initials. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 1071)

History

Origin: 15th century, third quarter (before 1469 (?)) ; English

Provenance and Acquisition

London, Charterhouse of the Salutation of St Mary the Virgin: "Liber domus Salutacionis Matris Dei ordinis Cart' prope London per Edmundum Storour eiusdem loci monachum" (s. xv ex.). (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).

Given by Ch. Howard, earl of Nottingham, 1604. (MLGB3)

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1922). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973).
Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 1, p. 489

Bibliography

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2021-12-14: Add provenance information from MLGB3.