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

MS. Douce 13

Summary Catalogue no.: 21587

Contents

1. (fols 1r-1v)
Calendar
Language(s): Latin
2.
Poor Caitiff
(fol. 2)
Rubric: The charter of heuene
Incipit: Everie wise man that that deynieth his heritage
(fol. 15v)
Rubric: The rule of mannis bodi
Incipit: Almighti God seith bi holi ioob: that al mannis lyf up on erthe in figtyng

Sometimes called The Horse or Armour of Heaven

Extracts from the Poor Caitiff

Language(s): Middle English
3. (fol. 33v)
Three Arrows of Domesday (theological treatise)
Rubric: Of thre arowis in the dome
Incipit: Tho that wole haue in mynde the dreedful dau of dome
IPMEP 842
Language(s): Middle English
4. (fol. 49)
Ps.-Bernard, Speculum peccatoris
Rubric: The mirour of synners
Incipit: For that we ben in the weye of this failynge liif and oure daies passen as a schadowe
(English translation)
IPMEP 213
Language(s): Middle English

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: 65 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 4.5 × 3.125 in.

History

Origin: 14th century ; England

Provenance and Acquisition

Francis Douce, 1757–1834

Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834

Record Sources

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. 2
Summary Catalogue (1897)

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (2 images from 35mm slides)

Last Substantive Revision

2025-05-22: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1897) and other printed sources