MS. Bodl. 89
Summary Catalogue no.: 1886
Contents
1.
Speculum Christiani A Latin religious treatise in eight Tabulae, with English verse and prose interspersed: beg. At fol. 44 follow some theological notes. Single leaves are wanting after foll. 2, 6, 10, 36, 43.
Incipit: Jeronimus. In principio cuiuslibet ... Magna differencia est
Language(s): Middle English and Latin
2.
Carta Christi Incipit: Ihesu Crist of heuene and helle
This is a separate piece in a different handwriting.
‘Long Charter’ of Christ (A Text), DIMEV 2859, NIMEV 1718
Language(s): Middle English
French note on fol. 49: see provenance.
Language(s): Anglo-Norman
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: ii + 50 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 8.125 × 5.5 in.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
The date 1431 is written on fol. 49 in Latin and French: also (15th cent.) 'Harwod', and (16th cent.) 'Thomas P' (?), 'Iste liber constat domino Thome Geybrygge.'
Probably acquired between 1613 and 1620.
Record Sources
Description adapted (March 2020) from the following sources, with additional reference to published literature as cited:
Otto Pächt and J. J. G. Alexander, Illuminated Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, III (1973), no. 914 [decoration, origin, date]
Summary Catalogue (1922) [contents, physical description, provenance and acquisition]
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2020-03-24: Description revised to include all information in SC and Pächt and Alexander.