MS. Bodl. 551
Summary Catalogue no.: 2303
Contents
Language(s): Latin
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
Decoration
Illuminated capitals.
History
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.
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Last Substantive Revision
2024-09: Description revised to incorporate all information from Summary Catalogue.