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

MS. Bodl. 769

Summary Catalogue no.: 2551

Contents

1. (fol. 3)
Isidore, Sententiae
Rubric: Liber beati Ysidori Hyspanensis episcopi ad Florencianum de summo bono

In three books. Preceded by a list of chapters, and with 16th century notes

Language(s): Latin
2. (fol. 61)
Richard Rolle, Liber de amore dei contra amatores mundi
Rubric: Tractatus de contemptu mundi secundum Ricardum Hampole venerabilem heremitam
Incipit: Quoniam mundanorum insania
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: i + 77 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 11.75 × 8.5 in.

Decoration

Coloured capitals.

Binding

Worn white leather on boards, with clasps. English 15th century work

History

Origin: 15th century, second half ; England

Provenance and Acquisition

'Iste Iiber pertinet ad dominum Nicholaum' (early 16th century)

'Noscere vis dominum paucis aduerte docebo | Hunc omnes Becun Marmaducumque vocant' (16th century)

'R. B.' (early 17th century)

This manuscript first occurs in Bodleian lists c. 1655

Record Sources

Description adapted (December 2024) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1922)

Last Substantive Revision

2024-12-26: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1922)