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

MS. Douce 54

Summary Catalogue no.: 21628

Contents

1.
Recipes for medicine, arboriculture, writing and illumination
Language(s): Middle English, English, Latin
(fol. 64r)
Sir John Fortescue (attrib.), Twelve points for purchasers of land to look to
Incipit: |Who so wilbe wise in purchasinge |consyder þe poyntes þat ben followinge
Explicit: |& in xiiij yeare yf thow wysse are |þou shalte agayne thy money see
DIMEV 6640
Language(s): Middle English
2.
Fabula de rege Arthuro
Language(s): Latin
3.
Poems
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Not specified in catalogue
Extent: i + 86 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 6.25 × 4.375 in.

History

Origin: 15th century, end - 16th century ; English

Provenance and Acquisition

'Rychard Bettyson' (16th cent.) is on fol. 63v.

Francis Douce, 1757–1834

Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1897).

Last Substantive Revision

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