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

MS. Bodl. 794

Summary Catalogue no.: 2642

Physical Description

Composite: three parts
Musical Notation:

Neums (see van Dijk 1957).

Decoration

Coloured capitals.

MS. Bodl. 794 – Part 1

Contents

1.
Otto de Monteferrato, Constitutiones (1237) (with commentary of John de Acton)
Language(s): Latin
2.
Ottobuono Fieschi, Constitutiones (1268) (with commentary of John de Acton)
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 14th century, second half ; English

MS. Bodl. 794 – Part 2

Contents

1.
Constitutions of English church councils, 1261–1343
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 14th century, second half ; English

MS. Bodl. 794 – Part 3

Contents

1.
Constitutions of English church councils, 1222–1398
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 15th century, early ; English

Provenance

'Iste liber emptus anno domini Mmo CCCCmo LXo 2o et constat magistro Thome Langlay vicario de Norbourne', i.e. Northbourne (Kent) (fol. 205r; signed also on fols. 1r, 138r) (MLGB3).

Maidstone, Kent, collegiate church of All Saints: 'Liber Collegii de Maidstone'' (fol. 205r), by the same hand that wrote the inscription for Maidstone in Cotton Claudius A.xi, and which may be put around the time of the book's receipt from the estate of the college's late master, William Grocyn (d. 1519); catalogue, SC273.10 (MLGB3).

Additional Information

Bibliography

    Online resources:

    Printed descriptions:

    S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 6: Fragments - Office Books, Rituals, Directories (typescript, 1957), p. 231

Last Substantive Revision

2022-04-04: Add provenance information from MLGB3.