MS. Hatton 71
Summary Catalogue no.: 4058
Contents
A series of theological discourses arranged in alphabetical order of subjects.
Preceded by a list of incipits of chapters (fol. 1) and a prologue (fol. 22v) stating the incorporation of certain distinctiones of Nicholas de Biard 'cum aliis moralitatibus aliunde exceptis' (these insertions are marked 'additum' in the margin)
A 'tabula generalis' of headings, wanting all but the first and last leaves, follows at fol. 302
Physical Description
Condition
Layout
2 columns
Decoration
Illuminated capitals
Binding
Red leather on bevelled boards, clasps wanting, English 15th-century work
History
Provenance and Acquisition
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
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2024-05-13: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1937)