MS. Bodl. 85
Summary Catalogue no.: 2289
Contents
1.
Book of Hours, Use of Sarum, in Middle English ('Primer') (fol. 1)
Sarum calendar
(fol. 7)
Hours of the Virgin, with which are worked in the Hours of the Holy Cross in rhyme (fol. 26, etc.)
(fol. 51)
The Penitential Psalms with litany, etc.
(fol. 68v)
'Placebo an Dirige', the service for the dead
(fol. 99)
The Commendation of Souls
Language(s): Middle English
2.
Treatise on the Ten Commandments Incipit: Thes ben the Ten Hestis. Alle manere of men shuld holde Goddis biddyngis
Explicit: Abryngith in deth to mannis sou
Followed by some passages of Scripture, imperfect at end
Language(s): Middle English
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: v + 124 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 7.5 × 5.75 in.
Condition
Missing two leaves after fol. 101, and one after fol. 102
History
Provenance and Acquisition
The beginning of the Will of John Harfor⟨d⟩ of Twyford in Hampshire is scribbled in a 16th century hand on fol. 1
'Liber Bibliothecæ Bodleianæ ex dono Edoardj Laks [for Lake?, cf. fol. 1] Rectoris de Linckinholt [Linckenholt] in Dioc. de Winton Augusti 3° 1626.'
MS. Bodl. 85, flyleaves
Contents
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Parchment
Condition
Fragment
History
Additional Information
Record Sources
Description adapted (March 2023) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1922). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973)
Abbreviations
View list of abbreviations and editorial conventions.
Last Substantive Revision
2023-03-21: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1922)