MS. Bodl. 602
Summary Catalogue no.: 2393
Physical Description
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Presented by sir George More in 1604. From then till about 1660 these treatises were bound up with the printed Postille maiores of Johannes de Nevizanis. In 1697 a 'Tractatus Rhythmicus de Sacramento Altaris' was at the end of the present MS.
MS. Bodl. 602 – Part 1
Contents
Language(s): Latin
See Clark, 1992. Wants chapters 52-60, ending abruptly in the middle of a sentence and page with 'quia cum negligentias' in the chapter De ansere, twelve chapters from the end.
Physical Description
Decoration
Fine miniatures (coloured drawings). Attributed "to school of Matthew Paris" by Pächt and Alexander (iii. 371, pl. XXXII) but not in more recent literature.
History
Provenance
Newark, Surrey, Augustinian priory of St Mary the Virgin and St Thomas the Martyr: "Iohannes Rosse chanonicus de Newerke et curatus de Weylde est possessor huius libri" (fol. 13v). "Iste liber pertinet domino Iohanni Rosse chanonico de Newerke iuxta Guldeford" (fol. 1v). "Memorandum quod dominus Iohannes Rosse habuit hunc librum ex deliberacione confratris nostri domini Willelmi Thecher canonici de newerke videlicet sexto die octobris anno domini Millesimo quinquecentesimo tricesimo octavo hiis testibus confratre nostro domino Richardo Woods Karolo balye ac benedicto barslayd." (fol. 13v). (MLGB3: evidence from an inscription of ownership by an individual member of a religious house (which may not, however, be evidence for institutional ownership)).
Bibliography
MS. Bodl. 602 – Part 2
Contents
Followed by the first ten books, each with a list of chapters.
Ends 'non precesserat crimen. Episcopus', in the last chapter, a leaf or two being lost.
Physical Description
Decoration
Illuminated capitals.
History
Provenance
Hatfield Regis, Essex, Benedictine alien priory of St Mary the Virgin; cell of St Melaine, Rennes (independent from ?1254) (?): Inscription at top of fol. 171v, partly cut away by binder: "liber prioratus de h[...]". The first letter of the name is almost certainly "h", the second probably "a", then one or two letters, then a descender, then two or three letters, followed by a space, then a descender, probably r, the two letters followed by a long downstroke, probably a mark of abbrevitation - ? read "hattfeld regis". (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).
Additional Information
Record Sources
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (24 images from 35mm slides)
Bibliography
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2024-11: Description revised to incorporate all information from Summary Catalogue.