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MS. Bodl. 542

Summary Catalogue no.: 2607

Contents

1. (fol. 1)
Nicholas de Byard, Summa de abstinentia
Incipit: Duplex est abstinencia detestabilis & laudabilis
Rubric: Summa sermonum que dicitur Summa abstinencie edita a quodam fratre Thoma [this last word marked for deletion] de ordine Minorum nomine Gilberto

A title from the colophon, which is followed by 'Adaptaciones omnium sermonum in hoc libello contentorum prout competunt sabbatis dominicis & feriis tocius anni', and a list of the 130 chapters

Language(s): Latin
2. (fol. 155)
Distinctiones theologicae 'Accidiosus siue piger'
Incipit: Accidiosus siue piger est subtilis

In 49 chapters, of which there is a list on fol. 243v

The first few entries are Accidiosus, Adulator, Angeli, Avaritia and the last is Usurarius

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: iv + 246 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 8.125 × 6 in.

Condition

3 and a half pages are blank before fol. 77. Also, there is is a blank page before fol. 179

Decoration

Illuminated capitals

Additions: Rather later hands have made additions throughout the volume, partly with a metal stylus

History

Origin: 13th century, late ; England

Provenance and Acquisition

'hh q...', possibly a pressmark, 13th century, is on a label attached to fol. 24Sv. '⟨L⟩iber Willelmi ...', 15th century

This volume appears to have come to the Library in 1603 or 1604

Record Sources

Description adapted (December 2024) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1922)

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (2 images from 35mm slides)

Last Substantive Revision

2024-12-26: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1922)