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

MS. Bodl. 787

Summary Catalogue no.: 2627

Contents

Bernardus de Parentinis, Tractatus de officio missae
Rubric: Incipit tractatus vtilis super totum officium Misse, editus et compilatus per fratrem Bernardum de Parantinis [on fol. 109, 'Parentinis'] ordinis Predicatorum prouincie Tholosane & conuentus Orthesii de Vasconia, sicut legit in Albia plurimis auditoribus, solempnibus doctoribus religiosis bacallariis & clericis Anno Domini Millesimo ccc xxxixº ...

In three parts

There is a 'Tabula huius libri' on fol. 109

At fol. 113v is a warning to any copyist of the manuscript to write it in long lines for clearness.

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper
Extent: ii + 117 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 12 × 8.625 in.

Condition

Fol. 1 is partly damaged

Decoration

Illuminated capitals

History

Origin: 15th century ; England

Provenance and Acquisition

Norwich, Norfolk, Benedictine cathedral priory of Holy Trinity. Fol. 1r: '⟨Liber ecclesie sanct⟩e Trinitatis Norwyci ex dono fratris Iohannis Elyngham', 15th century: John (III) Elingham (d. 1454/5) (Greatrex, Biographical Register of the English Cathedral Priories ..., 504-5). 'M. lxxvj' (fol. 1r, top right, below the ex-libris), in the same hand as Cambridge, University Library, Ff.3.31 and other books with M pressmarks. Fol. 114r: "D. J. Marton. Mo' Norwyc'" on a binding leaf at the end, and after the colophon on fol. 113v: John Marton, fl. 1499-1526 (Greatrex, op. cit., p. 540). No. 100 in James' list (Norfolk Archaeol. 19)

Presented by sir Walter Cope in 1602

MS. Bodl. 787 - endleaves, fols. 114-115.

Contents

Language(s): Latin

(fols 114-115)
Gradual (unfinished), Sarum-Tewkesbury use

Portion of the 4th Sunday of Advent (gradual: predicavit agnum esse venturum. Alleluia V Veni domine …). Some rubrics.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: Two fragments, originally one leaf
Dimensions (leaf): 400 × 290 mm.

Layout

11 lines of text, with space for staves; written space 376 × 169 mm.

Musical Notation:

Space left for staves and notation, neither been entered.

History

Origin: 15th century, second half ; England, Tewkesbury Abbey (?) (liturgical evidence)

Additional Information

Record Sources

Description adapted (December 2024) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1922) and van Dijk (1957)

Bibliography

    Online resources:

    Printed descriptions:

    S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 5: Fragments - Mass Books (typescript, 1957), p. 81 [fols. 114-115]

Last Substantive Revision

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