MS. Bodl. 82
Summary Catalogue no.: 2274
Contents
Language(s): Anglo-Norman
For fols. 1-2 see below.
Prayers to be said at the time of Mass, in French and Latin prose.
A 'compeleysun' or 'sarmon de purgatorie'. Leaf wanting after fol. 16, at least one leaf wanting after fol. 28: at fol. 24r is an English sentence.
After a short discourse come thirty prayers to Christ and to the Virgin: a leaf is missing after fol. 29.
Not listed as a separate text in Dean and Boulton (but cf. 666 (?)). Also (fragmentary) in Brussels, Bibliothèque royale de Belgique, IV 00852 (see http://jonas.irht.cnrs.fr/oeuvre/22684 [1 Oct. 2024]).
Begins imperfect at 'frez mie de co penitence' (Hunt and Bliss, p. 300 l. 14) and ends 'e orez e issi ditez', cf. ibid., p. 312, the text here varying; pp. 306-310 omitted in this version.
Also (fragmentary) in Brussels, Bibliothèque royale de Belgique, IV 00852 (see http://jonas.irht.cnrs.fr/oeuvre/22684 [1 Oct. 2024]).
A legend of the events preceding the birth of Christ, introducing Joseph, st. Mary the Virgin, Abiachar, Joachim and angels: the first leaf is lost, and the text beg. abruptly, 'estre entre les sacrifices Deu: pur co ke Deu ne tei benesquit tant ke il donast engendrure de Israel'.
Followed (fols. 72v-73r) by a text on the ten commandments, apparently breaking off incomplete after the third.
Not in Dean and Boulton.
Physical Description
Collation
Layout
1 col., c. 16-24 lines (typically 17-18), ruled in leadpoint, ruled space c. 130-160 × c. 90 mm.
Hand(s)
Textualis; one scribe.
Staves of five lines are drawn on fols. 36v-37r, 49v (?) and 73v, that on 73v with a little (polyphonic (?)) notation.
Decoration
Coloured capitals; many letters (not just initials) touched in red.
Binding
Limp parchment binding, 16th or 17th century.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
'Secre & loial. Moresby | Erlee'; 'appilton of hampton', both 15th cent. (fol. 73v).
The volume appears to have reached the Library in 1603 or 1604 (catalogue of 1603-4: Summary Catalogue I, p. 89).
MS. Bodl. 82 - endleaves (fols. 1-2)
Contents
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Layout
2 cols. of more than 29 lines
Hand(s)
Textualis
Decoration
Alternating red and green initials flourished in the contrasting colour.
History
Additional Information
Record Sources
Bibliography
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Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2024-10: Revised to incorporate all information in published catalogues with limited additional description.