MS. Hatton 71

Summary Catalogue no.: 4058

Nicholas de Gorham, Distinctiones theologicae

Rubric: Distinctiones fratris Nicholai de Gorham ordinis fratrum predicatorum

A series of theological discourses arranged in alphabetical order of subjects.

Incipit: Abeuncium per hunc mundum

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

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: parchment

Extent: 302 leaves

Dimensions (binding): 8.25 × 5.5 in.

Condition

The first gathering and two or three blank leaves at the end have been cut out, but the text is complete except for the loss of a single leaf after fol. 60

Layout

2 columns

Decoration

Illuminated capitals

Binding

Red leather on bevelled boards, clasps wanting, English 15th-century work

History

Origin: 14th century, first half ; England

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

Description adapted (May 2024) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1937)

Summary Catalogue, Vol. 2 Part 2, p. 818

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

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

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