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MS. Fr. d. 18

Summary Catalogue no.: Not in SC (late accession). For post-medieval items see New Summary Catalogue 47201.

Guardbook of documents and fragments (mostly post-medieval)

MS. Fr. d. 18, fols. 40-41

Contents

Language(s): Anglo-Norman

William of Waddington, Le Manuel des pechiez,

ed. Frederick J. Furnivall, Robert of Brunne’s ‘Handlyng Synne’ (A.D. 1303) with those parts of the Anglo-French Treatise on which it was Founded ..., EETS O.S. 119 (1901)., lines 1182-1187, 1219-1225 (fol. 40r), 1164-1171, 1207-1210 and rubric 'Vn ensample(?) de vn hom...' (fol. 41r), 1264-9, 1304-9 (fo. 40v), 1249-1253, 1289-1294 (fol. 41v)

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: two fragments (fol. 40, fol. 41) from one leaf

Layout

2 cols., originally of about 40 lines, column width c. 65 mm.

Hand(s)

Anglicana

Decoration

Spaces left for initials.

History

Origin: 14th century, first half ; England

Provenance

From the binding of 8o E. 78 Linc. (removed 1949).

MS. Fr. d. 18, fol. 43

Contents

Language(s): Anglo-Norman (see Concina 2017)

Naissance du Chevalier au Cygne (rédaction Beatrix)

Identified, ed. and discussed by Concina, 2017

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: most of one leaf

Layout

2 cols.

History

Origin: 13th century, second half

Provenance

Given by N. R. Ker in 1955.

MS. Fr. d. 18, fol. 144

Contents

Language(s): Old French

Jacques de Longuyon, Les Vœux du Paon

The Buik of Alexander, ed. R. L. Græme Ritchie (W. Blackwood, 1921), vol. II, 2091-2104, 2105-2121, 2164-2169 et 2212-2216, see Concina, 2017, note 3.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: part of a bifolium (two strips, joined)

History

Origin: 14th century

Provenance

From the binding of 8° M 65 Art.Seld.

MS. Fr. d. 18, fols. 178-179

Contents

Language(s): Old French

Gillebert de Cambres, Lucidaire en vers

Himmel un Hölle, Heilswissen für Zisterzienser. Der Lucidaire en vers des Gillebert de Cambres, ed. E. Ruhe (Wiesbaden, Reichert, 1991), Wissensliteratur im Mittelalter, 6, lines 1412-1415, 1449-1452, 1485-1488, 1521-1524, 2345-2354, 2388-2397, 2340-2440 et 2476-2485: Concina, 2017, note 4.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: parts of two leaves (two strips)

Layout

2 cols.

History

Origin: 14th century

Provenance

From the binding of 8° C 90 Linc.

Additional Information

Record Sources

Fols. 40-1: description by Matthew Holford (Sept. 2024). Fols. 43, 144, 178, 179: summary description based on Concina, 2017. Previously described (fols. 40-1, 43): Peter Kidd, Checklist of Western Medieval Manuscripts Acquired 1916- (typescript, c. 1996–2000)

Bibliography

    Concina, Chiara, ‘Notice d’un nouveau fragment de la Naissance du Chevalier au Cygne conservé à la Bibliothèque Bodléienne d’Oxford’, Cahiers de civilisation médiévale. Xe-XIIe siècle, 240, 2017, pp. 367–81, doi:10.4000/ccm.5760

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2024-09: Description revised.