MS. Bodl. 631
Summary Catalogue no.: 1954
Contents
Language(s): Latin
1. (fol. iv verso)
, Ars dilatandi sermones (summary) Rubric: Istis modis potest quis habundare in themate
Incipit: Primo per qualemcunque termini notificationem
This is ascribed in an almost contemporary list of contents on fol. iv to 'frater Ricardus de Tefforď, as a 'Summa de modo predicandi'; cf. Charland, Artes praedicandi (1936), 79.
2. (fol. 1)
Biblical concordance 'De vitando consortio' (Stegmüller, Bibl. 10084) The first title is 'De uitando consorcio ... malorum', the second 'de celeri conuersione a seculo', and a conspectus of the whole precedes. This is no doubt for a preacher's use.
3. (fol. 183v)
, Templum Domini Rubric: Libellus domini Roberti Lincolniensis qui intitulatur Templum Dei [list of contents]
Incipit: Templum Dei sanctum est ... Sermo iste quamuis omnes tangať
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: iv + 200 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 7.875 × 6 in.
Decoration
Illuminated capitals.
Binding
Poor red leather on older boards, probably early 16th cent. Reading work.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Reading Abbey: evidence of the binding (MLGB).
Presented by William Burdet of Sonning, in 1608.
Record Sources
Description adapted (April 2020) from the Summary Catalogue (1922) with additional reference to other published literature as cited.
Bibliography
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Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2020-04-03: Revised to incorporate all information in SC.