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MS. Bodl. 551

Summary Catalogue no.: 2303

Contents

Language(s): Latin

Jean de Mailly, Abbreuiatio in gestis et miraculis sanctorum
Rubric: Compilacio quedam de Vitis Sanctorum
Incipit: Cum plurimi sacerdotes Sanctorum passiones

Entitled in MS. Balliol College 227 'Abbreviatio in gestis et miraculis Sanctorum': the series comprises the whole of the liturgical year. There are 162 Lives. A list of the first 112 Lives is on fol. iv.

Some short astrological pieces occupy foll. 233v-236v, including 'Tabula magistri Petri de Dacia ad sciendum in quo signo sit luna et in quo gradu illius signi'.

Foll. ii-iii, 237-8 are fragments from Latin lists of persons connected with the 'parochie' [?] de Garnes, de Monchi, de Geneuille, de Boncomillier, de Gysiers, de Cuy, etc.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: iv + 238 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 9.5 × 6.5 in.

Decoration

Illuminated capitals.

History

Origin: 13th century ; French

Provenance and Acquisition

Windsor, Berkshire, Royal collegiate chapel of St George: French MS. as are the binding leaves. Usual chain mark. (MLGB3: inferred evidence).

Appears to have been in France in 1448: 'Cheste legende est frere ... ... la vegille sancte Luce lan [mcccc] xlviij.'. (MLGB3)

Presented by the dean and canons of Windsor in 1612.

Record Sources

Description adapted (2024) from the Summary Catalogue (1922).

Bibliography

Last Substantive Revision

2024-09: Description revised to incorporate all information from Summary Catalogue.