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

MS. Douce 141

Summary Catalogue no.: 21715

Contents

1.
The Prick of Conscience
Language(s): Middle English
2.
Religious poems and treatises
Language(s): Middle English

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: v + 153 leaves, not counting the interleaves
Dimensions (binding): 10 × 6.75 in.

Decoration

Penwork.

History

Origin: 15th century, first half ; English

Provenance and Acquisition

Owned by Joseph Haslewood whose armorial bookplate in white and gold is in the volume: his description of the Stimulus Conscientiae (Gent. Mag. xcvii. ii. 216, signed 'Eu. Hood') is pasted in.

Francis Douce, 1757–1834

Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834

Record Sources

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (2 images from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

Last Substantive Revision

2024-05: Add extent and leaf dimensions from Summary Catalogue.