MS. Douce 101

Summary Catalogue no.: 21675

1. (fol. 1)

Incipit: Quidam Rome imperator habuit filiam nomine Lleyk

A selection of fifty tales from the Gesta Romanorum, with moralizations

Breaks off abruptly in chapter 50 with the words 'Falco, cum hoc vidisset, cum suis alis magnum sonitum fecit, ut leporarium a sompno excitaret'

Language(s): Latin

2. (fol. 82)

Incipit: Fabula Moralis. Pulli celebrauerunt capitulum vt eligerent sibi regem

A selection of twenty-one fables

In the second fable an English proverb is introduced: 'quia dicitur in communi proverbio, Sylden ys the later Prophete the better'; cf. fol. 84

Ends the last fable about a sinner asking a just man to pray to God for him with 'et odii et aliquem momaris'

Language(s): Latin

Form: codex

Support: paper

Extent: iv + 93 leaves

Dimensions (binding): 8.75 × 6.125 in.

Origin: 15th century ; England

Henry Spelman (?): 'There is reason for supposing that this MS... . belonged to Sir Henry . Spelman', Douce's note

Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834

Description adapted (May 2025) by Stewart J. Brookes from the following sources:

Catalogue of the Printed Books and Manuscripts Bequeathed by Francis Douce, esq. to the Bodleian Library (1840), p. 15

Summary Catalogue (1897)

2024-09-21: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1897) and other printed sources