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

MS. Hatton 19

Summary Catalogue no.: 4110

Contents

William of Nassington, Speculum vitae (IMEV 423-7)
Incipit: Allmyhty god in trynyte
Explicit: to the whiche blisse he vs bryng / That on tre for vs wold hyng

Nassington and John of Waldeby are both named in the epilogue (fol. 94v) as the English translator and the author of the Latin original, respectively

Language(s): Middle English

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: 96 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 12.25 × 8.75 in.

Layout

2 cols

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander iii. 932

Initials

Border

Binding

White leather on boards, with two clasps, one lost, contemporary (original?) English work but re-backed

History

Origin: 15th century, second quarter ; England

Provenance and Acquisition

'... deryngton' (?) on back cover

Christopher, first Baron Hatton (d. 1670)

Bought in 1671 by the Bodleian through the London bookseller Robert Scot (b. in or before 1632, d. 1709/1710); see Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 2, p. 801

Record Sources

Description adapted (May 2024) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1937). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973)

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (2 images from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

Last Substantive Revision

2024-05-13: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1937)