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MS. Bodl. 651

Summary Catalogue no.: 2295

Physical Description

Composite: two parts
Extent: iii + 131 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 8 × 6 in.

Layout

2 cols.

Decoration

Illuminated and coloured capitals.

Binding

Plain white sheepskin on boards, 15th cent. English work.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Fols. i, 131 contain 15th cent. scribblings of short metrical or rhythmical Latin moral pieces, such as 'Si sis ex dignis, ex hijs tribus accipe signis | Audi, plange, caue: sic te Deus eruat. Aue', 'Histrionibus dare est demonibus immolare'.

'Iste liber constat domino Ricardo ap Llu alias Lewys, quondam capellano parochialis ecclesie beate Marie de Fauersham, anno Domini millesimo ccccmo lix°': he probably wrote the verses on fols. i, 131.

'148. W. A. S[alutem?] m[ultam?] d[at?],' 16th cent.

Presented by sir Walter Cope in 1602.

MS. Bodl. 651 – Part 1

Contents

Language(s): Latin

1. (fol. 1)
Peter Lombard, Sententiae (book iv)
Incipit: Samaritanus enim uulnerato appropinquans

Here without title or author.

2. (fol. 105v)
Sermons

Ten short sermons for certain sundays and holy days: the first:

Rubric: De Purificatione
Incipit: Postquam impleti sunt dies ... Vobis sciendum est, fratres
(fol. 107v)
Adso, De ortu et tempore antichristi
Rubric: De vita Antichristi ad Karolum magnum
Incipit: In primis proferendum est
Explicit: iudicabit seculum per ignem

Without the preface and a few sentences at end.

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 13th century, first half

MS. Bodl. 651 – Part 2

Contents

Language(s): Latin

3. (fol. 110)
Ps.-Hugh of Saint-Victor, Speculum ecclesiae
Incipit: (prol.) De sacramentis ecclesiasticis ut tractarem
Incipit: Ecclesia igitur in qua populus
Explicit: quam ipse qui genuit
Final rubric: Explicit liber iste qui vocatur Speculum Ecclesie

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 13th century, first half

Provenance

Fol. 128 contains three prayers, and a few Latin accounts of a manor in France (?), 1279.

Additional Information

Record Sources

Description adapted (2024) from the Summary Catalogue (1922).
Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 1, p. 293
Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 1, p. 294

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

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