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

MS. Douce 96

Summary Catalogue no.: 21670

Contents

Hugh Oldham, Tractatus synodalis
Rubric: Tractatus Synodalis
Incipit: (prologue) Altissimus de terra creavit medicinam ecclesiasticus

Chapter 1

Incipit: Tractatus synodalis. Quoniam ecclesiastica sacramenta ad salutis remedia sunt divinitus instituta

Chapter 57

Rubric: De confessione et penis dandis et omnibus aliis ad confessionem et confessionem pertinentibus
Incipit: Ut quia confessio est curatio vulnerum anime
Explicit: Quod nisi singuli sacerdotes illud addiscant et sciant alioquid, cum super hoc requisiti fuerint, tanquam insufficientes repellantur. Explicit finem presenti Synodi

Divided into fifty-seven chapters, with a short prologue and a 'kalendare' preceding

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: iv + 76 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 7.875 × 6.375 in.

History

Origin: 16th century, first quarter

Provenance and Acquisition

'Iste liber pertenet ad me Harri Recherd John Bodum' (16th century)

Francis Douce, 1757–1834

Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834

Record Sources

Description adapted (May 2025) by Stewart J. Brookes from the following sources:
Douce Legacy (1984), no. 201
Summary Catalogue (1897)
Catalogue of the Printed Books and Manuscripts Bequeathed by Francis Douce, esq. to the Bodleian Library (1840), p. 14

Last Substantive Revision

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