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MS. Douce 42

Summary Catalogue no.: 21616

Contents

1.
Vision of St Mawdlen
Incipit: Ther was an holy woman namyd Mawdlen
(Perhaps translated by I. S. at the text states 'quod I. S.' on fol. 45; but see below, Decoration)

An introduction to the following item; ed. William E. A. Axon in Transactions of the Royal Society of Literature 2nd ser. 27 (1907), 123–137 (126–133)

Language(s): Middle English
2.
Golden Letany of the Lyeff and Passion of Christe
Rubric: Here begynneth the Golden Letany off the Lyeff & Passion of Cryste...

English translation of Magdalena Beutler of Freiburg Die Goldene Litanei ed. William E. A. Axon in Transactions of the Royal Society of Literature 2nd ser. 27 (1907), 123–137 (126–133)

Language(s): Middle English
3.
Prayer
Language(s): Middle English

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: 50 pages
Dimensions (binding): 5.25 × 4 in.

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander iii. 1145

Initial. 'Quod I.S.', the scribe (?), fol. 45

History

Origin: 15th century, second half ; England

Provenance and Acquisition

The name of 'Willam Edgson' is on fol. 42v (17th century)

Francis Douce, 1757–1834

Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834

Record Sources

Description adapted (September 2023) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1897). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973)
Summary Catalogue, vol. 4, p. 502

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Last Substantive Revision

2023-09-22: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1897)

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