A catalogue of Western manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries and selected Oxford colleges

MS. Bodl. 761

Summary Catalogue no.: 2535

Contents

1.
Petrus Hispanus, Thesaurus pauperum (extracts?)
Language(s): Latin
2.
H. Sampsonis de Clouburnel, Secreta
Language(s): Latin and Anglo-Norman
3.
Medical treatise
Language(s): Anglo-Norman
4.
Matthaeus Platearius, De simplicibus medicinae (French translation)
Language(s): Anglo-Norman
6.
Alphita
Language(s): Latin
7.
Glossary of herbs
Language(s): Latin, Anglo-Norman, Middle English
8.
Roland of Parma, Chirurgia (extracts)
Language(s): Latin
9.
Treatise on liquids
Language(s): Latin and Anglo-Norman
10.
Deed concerning award of a pension
Language(s): Latin
11.
Geoffrey le Baker, Chronicle
Language(s): Latin
12.
Nigel Witeker, Speculum stultorum
Language(s): Latin
13.
Nicholas Bozon (?), Proverbes de bon enseignement
Language(s): Anglo-Norman
14.
Prophecies
Language(s): Latin and Anglo-Norman
15.
John XXII, Bullae
Language(s): Latin
16.
Marco Polo, Le divisement du monde (extract)
Language(s): Old French
17.
Jean de Vignay, Le miroir historial (translation of Vincent of Beauvais, Speculum historiale; extract)
Language(s): Old French

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper

Binding

Old boards, re-bound recently, clasp lost.

History

Origin: c. 1360–1370 ; English

Provenance and Acquisition

Presented by Thomas Twyne in 1612. A title on fol. ii is in sir Thomas Bodley's hand.

Last Substantive Revision

2022-04-04: Add binding information from Summary Catalogue.