MS. Douce 34
Summary Catalogue no.: 21608
Contents
, De diligendo deo
Fragment of an English translation (?)
The first leaf is lost and the text starts part way through the first chapter: 'moor excellent wey. This wei is love'
The end of the text is lost and it ends in chapter 21: 'With what drynk of his charite he that lord invvardlie merthyd the. And that was excellentli right gret that me his servaunt'
Language(s): Middle English
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: ii + 26 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 5.5 × 3.875 in.
Condition
The beginning and end are missing
History
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. 4
Summary Catalogue (1897)
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2025-05-22: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1897) and other printed sources