MS. Bodl. 505
Summary Catalogue no.: 2676
Contents
2.
The Mirror of Simple Souls (translation by 'M.N.' of Margarita Porete, Speculum simplicium animarum) Language(s): Middle English
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Decoration
Good borders, initials. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 1071)
Binding
White leather on boards, early 16th cent. English work.
History
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).
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Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2022-04-04: Add binding information from Summary Catalogue.