MS. Douce 96
Summary Catalogue no.: 21670
Contents
, 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)
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
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