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

MS. Auct. F. 3. 5

Summary Catalogue no.: 2684

Physical Description

Composite: seven parts
Form: codex
Extent: i + 223 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 10.875 × 8 in.

Binding

White sheepskin (about A. D. 1600) over older sewing and boards.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Acquired not after 1602.

MS. Auct. F. 3. 5, part A

Contents

Language(s): Latin

1. (fol. 1)
Distinctiones theologicae (imperfect)
Incipit: Abraham. Triplex fuit beneficium Abrahe

The first few leaves of a series of Distinctiones theologicae, or short articles on theological subjects: the leaves are worn, there are gaps in the transcription, and the series ends in the art. Argus with 'vaccam per bestialem', the rest being lost. A note on fol. 1 'Quedam constituta [?] Joh. Ede de ordine Minorum habentur libro completo inter fratres Mi(n)ores Her(e)fordie' has given rise to an ascription of these Distinctiones to John Ede or John of Hereford (who died in 1406) - which may or may not be true.

For John Edes (d. 1406), the possible author, see Sharpe, Latin Writers, and Emden, BRUO, 624-5.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Layout

2 cols.

History

Origin: 15th century ; English

MS. Auct. F. 3. 5, part B

Contents

Language(s): Latin

2. (fol. 9)
Ranulph Higden, Ars componendi sermones
Incipit: (pref.) Ad preeminentem huius artis laudem
Final rubric: Explicit tractatus artis predicatorie de compilacione domini Ranulphi de ordinacione sermonum

A list of the twenty chapters precedes.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Layout

2 cols.

History

Origin: 15th century ; English

MS. Auct. F. 3. 5, part C

Contents

Language(s): Latin

3. (fol. 26)
Ps.-Peter of Blois, De xii utilitatibus tribulationis
Final rubric: Explicit tractatus vtilis de duodecim tribulacionibus secundum Petrum Blesensem

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Layout

2 cols.

History

Origin: 15th century ; English

MS. Auct. F. 3. 5, part D

Contents

Language(s): Latin

4. (fol. 35)
John Ridewall, Fulgentius metaphoralis
Incipit: (pref.) Intentio venerabilis viri Fulgentij in sua Methologia

There are here twenty-two mythologiae in two books, with an index of subjects.

Ralph Hanna, John Ridewall, Fulgentius Metaforalis (Liverpool University Press, 2023), sig. A

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Layout

2 cols.

History

Origin: 15th century ; English

MS. Auct. F. 3. 5, part E

Contents

Language(s): Latin

5. (fol. 80)
Peter of Blois, Invectiva contra perfidiam Iudaeorum
Final rubric: Expliciunt opposiciones Petri Blesensis contra Iudeos

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Layout

2 cols.

History

Origin: 15th century ; English

Provenance

'Domini Willelmi Martyne titulo empcionis de Jo. Luffyngcote', in the 2nd half of the 15th cent.

MS. Auct. F. 3. 5, part F

Contents

Language(s): Latin

6. (fol. 108)
John Waleys, Communiloquium
Rubric: Summa collacionum ad omne genus hominum edita a fratre Johanne Wallensi fratre Minore & sacre theologie doctore

In seven parts.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Layout

2 cols.

History

Origin: 15th century ; English

MS. Auct. F. 3. 5, part G

Contents

7. (fol. 198)
Boethius, De consolatione Philosophiae (anonymous English translation: 'The Boke of Coumfort of Bois')

First book only; dependent on Chaucer's version, but here modified and paraphrased and to some extent accompanied by a commentary.

“The Boke of Coumfort of Bois [Bodleian Library, Oxford Manuscript AUCT.F.3.5]: A Transcription with an Introduction,” ed. Noel Harold Kaylor, Jr., and Philip Edward Phillips, in Kaylor and Phillips, New Directions in Boethian Studies (Kalamazoo, Medieval Institute Publications, 2007), 223–79
“The Boke of Coumfort of Bois,” ed. Noel Harold Kaylor, Jr., Jason Edward Streed, and William H. Watts, Carmina Philosophiae 2 (1993), 55–104.
Ian Johnson, 'Making the Consolatio in Middle English', in A Companion to Boethius in the Middle Ages (2012), 413–446 at 439-441.
Language(s): Middle English

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 15th century ; English

Additional Information

Record Sources

Adapted (2025) from the Summary Catalogue (1922), with additional reference to published literature as cited.

Last Substantive Revision

2025-01: Description revised to incorporate all information from Summary Catalogue.