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MS. Bodl. 568

Summary Catalogue no.: 2008

Augustine, etc.; England, early 14th century

Contents

Language(s): Latin

1. (fol. 1)

Augustine, De Trinitate

In 15 books, with lists of chapters, preface, and Retractation.

2. (fol. 55)

Augustine, Commentarius super Genesim ad litteram

In 12 books, with lists of chapters and Retractation.

3. (fol. 104)

Boethius, Quomodo substantiae bonae sint

4. (fol. 107)

Augustine, De vera religione

With notes.

5. (fol. 117)

Augustine, De libero arbitrio

In three books, the first of which is often called, as here, Unde malum, cf. fol. 311v

6. (fol. 135)

Augustine, De natura boni

7. (fol. 139)

Augustine, De natura et gratia

8. (fol. 148)

Augustine, Retractationes

In two books, with lists of chapters.

9. (fol. 162)

Augustine, De praesentia Dei

With the Retractation.

10. (fol. 165)

Fulgentius of Ruspa, De fide ad Petrum

11. (fol. 171)

Ps.-Augustine, De praedestinatione et gratia

12. (fol. 174)

Augustine, De gratia et libero arbitrio

13. (fol. 180)

Augustine, Ad inquisitiones Januarii epistolae duae

With the Retractation.

14. (fol. 184v)

Augustine, De fide vel symbolo

With the Retractation.

15. (fol. 187v)

Augustine, Sermo ad iuuenes (serm. 391)

Migne's Patrol. Lat. 39. 1706.

16. (fol. 188v)

Augustine, De cura pro mortuis gerenda

17. (fol. 192)

Augustine, De moribus ecclesiae et Manichaeorum

In two books.

18. (fol. 206)

Ps.-Augustine, Hypognosticon

With notes.

19. (fol. 214v)

Augustine, Contra epistolam Manichaei

20. (fol. 222)

Augustine, De mendacio

21. (fol. 228)

Augustine, Contra mendacium

22. (fol. 234)

Augustine, De duabus animabus

23. (fol. 237v)

Augustine, De videndo Deum

24. (fol. 246)

Augustine, Soliloquia

In two books.

25. (fol. 242v)

Augustine, Ep. 252

Migne's Patrol. Lat. 33. 652.

26. (fol. 253)

Ps.-Augustine, Sermo de Assumptione beatae Mariae

27. (fol. 254v)

Augustine, Ep. 137

Migne's Patrol. Lat. 33. 515.

28.

Ps.-Ildephonsus of Toledo, Sermo de assumptione beatae Mariae

Migne 96. 279.

29. (fol. 258)

Augustine, De Sermone Domini in Monte

In two books, with the Retractation.

30. (fol. 275v)

Augustine, De adulterinis coniugiis

In two books.

31. (fol. 284)

Augustine, De utilitate credendi

32. (fol. 290v)

Commentary on Ecclesiasticus xxiv. 17–22

Incipit: Quasi cedrus ... Multiplices sunt proprietates

33. (fol. 296)

Augustine, De natura et origine animae

In four books.

34. (fol. 312)

Augustine, De opere monachorum

A list of contents is on fol. iii, and a short '⟨P⟩roemium de triplici causa erroris' precedes the first piece, cf. fol. 106.

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: parchment

Extent: iii + 318

Dimensions (binding): 10.625 × 5.75 in.

Layout

2 cols.

Hand(s)

The scribe of fol. 116v next went on writing at fol. 237v.

Decoration

Illuminated capitals.

Accompanying Material

The binding is from the 17th century and the fly-leaves are comprised of pages from a 16th century edition of Cicero's Letters. Other pages from this copy of Cicero that were used as fly-leaves are found in MS. Bodl. 203, MS. Bol. 204, MS. Bodl. 215, MS. Bodl. 244, MS. Bodl. 370 and MS. Bodl. 711

History

Origin: 14th century, early ; England

Provenance and Acquisition

Unidentified (mendicant?) religious hosue: 'Pertinet conuentui ...' 15th cent.

Presented by William Ballow of Ch. Ch., Oxford, in 1604.

Record Sources

Description adapted (April 2020) from the Summary Catalogue (1922).

Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 1, p. 159

Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 1, p. 160

Abbreviations

View list of abbreviations and editorial conventions.

Last Substantive Revision

2020-04-14: Description revised to incorporate all information in SC.