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

MS. Eng. misc. c. 27

Summary Catalogue no.: 30494 (in part)

Guardbook of fragments

MS. Eng. misc. c. 27 – Part 1

Contents

(fol.1)

Fragment from a binding with pen-trials in English

Language(s): English

Physical Description

Form: other
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 16th century, beginning

MS. Eng. misc. c. 27 – Part 2

Contents

(fol.2)
Culinary recipes
Language(s): English

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: bifolium, fragmentary

History

Origin: 15th century, end ; English

MS. Eng. misc. c. 27 – Part 3

Contents

(fols. 33–35)
Household accounts

Three fragments of rolls

Language(s): Middle English

Physical Description

Form: roll
Support: parchment

Layout

History

Origin: 15th century, second half - 16th century, early ; English

MS. Eng. misc. c. 27 – Part 4

Contents

(fol.46)
Bible (later Wycliffite version) (fragments of Isaiah xxx-xxxiii)
Language(s): Middle English

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: strip

History

Origin: 15th century, beginning ; English

MS. Eng. misc. c. 27 – Part 5

Contents

(fol. 47)
List of names to be remembered in intercessory prayer
Language(s): Middle English

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 15th century, second half ; English

MS. Eng. misc. c. 27 – Part 6

Contents

(fol. 77v)

Pen trials

Language(s): English

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Layout

History

Origin: 15th century, late - 16th century, earl

Additional Information

Record Sources

Summary description adapted from Index of Middle English Prose, XII.1

Bibliography

    Published descriptions:

    Elizabeth Solopova, Manuscripts of the Wycliffite Bible in the Bodleian and Oxford College Libraries (Liverpool, 2016), cat. 20

Last Substantive Revision

2017-07-01: First online publication.