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

MS. Hatton 57

Summary Catalogue no.: 4063

Contents

Thomas Wimbledon, Sermon 'Redde rationem villicationis tue'
Incipit: Redde racionem villicacionis tue ... My dere fryndis 3e schullyn undyrstandyn

In London dialect and preached at St. Paul's Cross, London, in Quinquagesima Sunday, 1388 (according to an early 17th century note on p. 35)

Includes the quatrain (IMEV 5349-2)

Language(s): Middle English

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: ii + 38 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 8.625 × 5 in.

History

Origin: c. 1400 ; England

Provenance and Acquisition

'Cantelowe' (15th century): Nicholas Cantlow or Cantelupe, -1441 (?) (cf. MS. Rawl. C. 16).

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

MS. Hatton 57 – endleaves

Contents

(pages 33–36)
Breviary, noted

Two leaves from a breviary with musical notes (not Sarum, York or Hereford)

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Musical Notation:

Notation on staves (see van Dijk 1957)

History

Origin: 13th century, early ; England

Additional Information

Record Sources

Description adapted (May 2023) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1937)

Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 6: Fragments - Office Books, Rituals, Directories (typescript, 1957), p. 177

Last Substantive Revision

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