MS. D'Orville 151
Summary Catalogue no.: 17029
Contents
1. (fol. 1)
Vita S. Martini
Rubric: De vita beati Martini
Epistolae
Rubric: Epistola ad Desiderium
Rubric: Epistola ad Aurelium
Rubric: Epistola ad Bassulam
Rubric: alia Epistola (all concerned with St. Martin)
Dialogi
Rubric: Dialogi tres
Preceded by Life
At fol. 24 is a marginal note 'Hucusque legendum est in refectorio'
Language(s): Latin
2. (fol. 65v)
, Life of St. Lambert Rubric: ... Vita et passio beati Lamberti Episcopi
Incipit: Dilecto... Wederico... Sicut nichil est
Language(s): Latin
3. (fol. 100)
Treatise on Mass Rubric: Tractatus breuis et vtilis de officio sacerdotis qualiter se disponere tenetur ad digne peragendum misse officium
Incipit: In nomine Domini, amen. Exigis a me frater dulcis in domino vt circa misse officium aliqua tibi preparatiua depingam quibus affectiones tuas in deum dirigas
Explicit: Venite, benedicti patris mei, percipite regnum, ad quod nos perducat qui per omnia secula regnat ...
Language(s): Latin
4. (fol. 128r)
Short piece on the Mass Incipit: In missa sonant verba diuina, angelica et humana
Explicit: vnde et dicitur missa est
Language(s): Latin
5. (fol. 128v)
Treatise on the Mass Rubric: De mistica significatione misse
Incipit: Quis ex vobis arguet... Quia hodie fit mensio in epistola de pontificatu
Explicit: Hoc significat quod veniet ad iudicum et ostendet se, et fidelibus suis benediccionem dabit in eternum ...
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: paper
Extent: ii + 133 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 8.5 × 6 in.
Decoration
Coloured capitals
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Jacques Phillippe D'Orville of Amsterdam (1690–1751)
Jean D'Orville, b. 1734, his son, by descent
Jean D'Orville, son of Jean, by descent
Sold to the Rev. John Cleaver Banks (1765/1766–1845): purchased from him by the Bodleian
Acquired by the Bodleian in 1804
Record Sources
Description adapted (May 2024) by Stewart J. Brookes and Matthew Holford from the Summary Catalogue (1897), with additional description of items 3-5.
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2024-05-03: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1897)