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

MS. Bodl. 82

Summary Catalogue no.: 2274

Contents

Language(s): Anglo-Norman

For fols. 1-2 see below.

1. (fol. 3)
Les aprises Salamon
Rubric: Ces sunt les aprises Salamon li sages, quii enseyna a ses amys
Incipit: Seynors. e barons. ore escutez
Dean and Boulton 262; this ms. only; unpr.
2. (fol. 7)

Prayers to be said at the time of Mass, in French and Latin prose.

Language(s): Anglo-Norman and Latin
3. (fol. 11v)
Les peines de purgatorie
Incipit: Nus entendons par la grace

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.

Dean and Boulton 645
ed. and tr. Hunt and Bliss (2010), 393-421 (based on MS. Bodl. 654 with variants from the present ms.)
4. (fol. 29)
Prayers
Incipit: Duz Deus, duz Peres, e Seynt Trinite

After a short discourse come thirty prayers to Christ and to the Virgin: a leaf is missing after fol. 29.

Dean and Boulton, nos. 851 (Seven Requests, fols. 30-33), 766 (15 [here 13] Joys of the Virgin, fols. 33-36, = Sonet 458), 731 (Elevation prayer, fol. 35 (?)), 893 (7 Aves, fols. 37-8).
ed. and tr. Hunt and Bliss (2010), 149-153 (fols. 33-36)
5.
(fol. 39)
On the seven sacraments
Incipit: Bapteme fet le alme necte de tuz pechez. Cest sacrement ne poest nul receyuere

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]).

(fol. 41)
On penance
Dean and Boulton 672, not listing the present manuscript
ed. and tr. Hunt and Bliss (2010), 294-319, not listing the present manuscript

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.

(fol. 50)
On the seven deadly sins.
Incipit: Set mortel peches sunt orgeyl envye
ed. and tr. Hunt and Bliss (2010), 277-285, from MS. Rawl. C. 46
Cf. Dean and Boulton 666, not listing the present manuscript.

Also (fragmentary) in Brussels, Bibliothèque royale de Belgique, IV 00852 (see http://jonas.irht.cnrs.fr/oeuvre/22684 [1 Oct. 2024]).

6. (fol. 58)
De infantia saluatoris (Gospel of Ps.-Matthew) (Anglo-Norman version of a Continental French translation)

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'.

ed. and tr. Hunt and Bliss (2010), 129-147, referring to four other Continental manuscripts.
Noted in Dean and Boulton, as part of the entry for 645.

Followed (fols. 72v-73r) by a text on the ten commandments, apparently breaking off incomplete after the third.

Incipit: Dampne deue dona diz comandemens en la ley

Not in Dean and Boulton.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: iv + 77 leaves
Dimensions (leaf): 188 × c. 115 mm.

Collation

a(2) (fols. 1-2), 2(14) (fols. 3-16), [leaf lost], 3(12) (fols. 17-28), [1 (?) leaf lost], 4(8-3+1: wanting 1, 3 and 4, with fol. 34 added after 8) (fols. 29-34), 5(6) (fols. 35-40), 6(three, structure uncertain) (fols. 41-3), 7 (6) (fols. 44-9), 8(8) (fols. 50-8), 9(6+1, fol. 64 added at the end of the quire) (fols. 58-64), 10(4+1, fol. 68 added after 3, fol. 67) (fols. 65-9), 11(4) (fols. 70-3)

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.

Musical Notation:

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

Origin: 14th century, middle ; England

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

Demi-ami (fragments)
Dean and Boulton 694 (version of an exemplum found in Disciplina Clericalis and elsewhere)
ed. Meyer, Romania 137 (1906 ) 22-67 at 47-53.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: two nearly complete leaves

Layout

2 cols. of more than 29 lines

Hand(s)

Textualis

Decoration

Alternating red and green initials flourished in the contrasting colour.

History

Origin: 13th century ; England

Additional Information

Record Sources

Description adapted (Sept. 2024) by Matthew Holford from the Summary Catalogue (1922), with reference to published literature as cited, and with limited additional description..

Bibliography

Last Substantive Revision

2024-10: Revised to incorporate all information in published catalogues with limited additional description.