MS. Lat. misc. b. 22
Summary Catalogue no.: Not in SC (late accession)
Guardbook of medieval fragments found/acquired before 1976.
MS. Lat. misc. b. 22 - Fragment 2
Contents
Language(s): Latin
Fol. 1 blank. Fragment number 1 not used.
Twelve fragments (a-m) of writs of the court of King's Bench, signed ‘Osborne’.
Accompanied by a modern envelope (not numbered) with notes on the fragments by N. R. Ker and others.
Physical Description
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Similar writs used by the binder of John Goodyer in the 1650s. Similar fragments identified by N. R. Ker in the bindings of Magdalen College, [pr.] R.14.12 (Theophrastus, 1644), and ‘vol. B of MS. fragments’ fols. 50, 61, 68, 71, taken from [pr.] R.17.12 (Neuw vollkommentlich Kreuterbuch, 1625).
Removed from the binding of an unspecified Bodleian book.
Found in the study of the Keeper of Western Manuscripts after the retirement of Dr. R. W. Hunt (30 Sept. 1975).
MS. Lat. misc. b. 22 - Fragment 3
Contents
Language(s): Latin
First complete section beg.: ‘Censura ecclesiatica nomine eius tria comprehenduntur scilicet interdictum excommunicatio et suspencio’
Cites Gratian, Decretum, and Aquinas, Commentary on the Sentences.
Physical Description
Layout
Originally 2 cols. Column width c. 75–80
Decoration
Two-line initials in blue (faded to green) at section headings, with red penwork flourishing.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Marked in modern pencil ‘MS. Oxf. Dioc. papers d. 14’, presumably from its binding.
Found in the study of the Keeper of Western Manuscripts after the retirement of Dr. R. W. Hunt (30 Sept. 1975).
MS. Lat. misc. b. 22 - Fragment 4
Contents
Language(s): Latin
Fragments a, b = bifolium 1. (A) part of the readings for fer. 2, dom. infra oct. Ascencionis: begins imperfect, right side of recto, ‘quod confessio nominis’ (cf. Brev. Sarum I.dcccclxxxiii), continues left side of verso, ‘⟨serm⟩onem eius et baptiza⟨ti sunt⟩’ (ibid. I.dcccclxxxvii). (B) part of the readings after Trinity from 1 Kings, begins verso, right side, ‘constitue super eos regem’ (ibid. I.mccxii), continues recto, left side, ‘⟨finibus⟩ beniamin meridie’ (ibid. I.mccxv).
Fragments c, d = bifolium 2; further readings from 1 Kings. Begins verso right side ‘⟨mi⟩sit dominus ut ⟨ungerem⟩’ (1 Kings 15, ibid., I.mccxxx), continues recto left side, ‘providi enim’ (col. mccxxxiii), continues recto, left side, ‘⟨spelun⟩cam odollam’ (1 Kings 22.1, not in Sarum Brev.), continues verso, left side, ‘ait David’ (1 Kings 23.10).
Physical Description
Decoration
Initials in blue and red with contrasting penwork flourishing.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Removed by E. E. Wilmot from the binding of H. 6. 6. Art. (Arca Noe. Thesaurus linguæ sanctæ nouus. (Venice, 1593))
Found in the study of the Keeper of Western Manuscripts after the retirement of Dr. R. W. Hunt (30 Sept. 1975).
MS. Lat. misc. b. 22 - Fragment 5
Contents
Language(s): Latin
Two fragments (a) fragment of lectios cxcvi (verso), cxcv (recto); (b) fragment of lectios cxciiii (recto), cxcv (verso)
Physical Description
Decoration
Initials in blue and red with contrasting penwork flourishing. Paraphs in blue and red.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Removed by E. E. Wilmot from the binding of H. 6. 6. Art. (Arca Noe. Thesaurus linguæ sanctæ nouus. (Venice, 1593)
Found in the study of the Keeper of Western Manuscripts after the retirement of Dr. R. W. Hunt (30 Sept. 1975).
MS. Lat. misc. b. 22 - Fragment 6
Contents
Language(s): Latin
Fragment of commentary on Matthew 22.8–12 (recto), 21.39–22.1 (verso)
Physical Description
Layout
55 lines. Written below top line.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Removed by E. E. Wilmot from the binding of H. 6. 6. Art. (Arca Noe. Thesaurus linguæ sanctæ nouus. (Venice, 1593)
Found in the study of the Keeper of Western Manuscripts after the retirement of Dr. R. W. Hunt (30 Sept. 1975).
MS. Lat. misc. b. 22 - Fragment 7
Contents
Language(s): Middle French
Parchment strip with writing in French.
Physical Description
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Removed by E. E. Wilmot from the binding of H. 6. 6. Art. (Arca Noe. Thesaurus linguæ sanctæ nouus. (Venice, 1593)
Found in the study of the Keeper of Western Manuscripts after the retirement of Dr. R. W. Hunt (30 Sept. 1975).
MS. Lat. misc. b. 22 - Fragment 8
Contents
Language(s): Latin and English
Printer's waste: sanctorale of a breviary. Some rubrics in English.
Physical Description
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Removed by E. E. Wilmot from the binding of H. 6. 6. Art. (Arca Noe. Thesaurus linguæ sanctæ nouus. (Venice, 1593)
Found in the study of the Keeper of Western Manuscripts after the retirement of Dr. R. W. Hunt (30 Sept. 1975).
MS. Lat. misc. b. 22 - Fragment 9
Contents
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Perhaps from a Bodleian binding.
Found in the study of the Keeper of Western Manuscripts after the retirement of Dr. R. W. Hunt (30 Sept. 1975).
MS. Lat. misc. b. 22 - Fragment 10
Contents
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Layout
Written below top line. 32 lines.
Decoration
Coloured initial in blue.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Used as the cover of Abrégé de Catéchisme, Geneva, 1805.
Found in the study of the Keeper of Western Manuscripts after the retirement of Dr. R. W. Hunt (30 Sept. 1975).
MS. Lat. misc. b. 22 - Fragment 11
Contents
Language(s): Latin
Fragment containing part of the office for the octave of St Martin. The lessons (from Sulpicius Severus, Ep. 2, PL 20.181) are as follows:
Physical Description
Layout
2 cols., 27 lines.
Decoration
Two-line initials in red and blue with penwork flourishing in the contrasting colour.
Initials in red and blue.
Rubrics in red.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Used as the cover of Abrégé de Catéchisme, Geneva, 1805.
Found in the study of the Keeper of Western Manuscripts after the retirement of Dr. R. W. Hunt (30 Sept. 1975).
MS. Lat. misc. b. 22 - Fragments 12–14
Contents
Language(s): French
Three leaves, all that remained of the printed Catéchisme (1805)
Physical Description
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Found in the study fo the Keeper of Western Manuscripts after the retirement of Dr. R. W. Hunt (30 Sept. 1975).
MS. Lat. misc. b. 22 - Fragment 13
Contents
Language(s): Latin
Perhaps a complete text. The verso is mostly blank, with a new text beginning near the foot of column b.
What seem to be notes on Latin vocabulary are added, sixteenth century, in the lower margin.
Physical Description
Layout
2 cols., c. 47–57 lines. Written space 182 × 135 mm. , c. 10mm. between columns. No visible ruling.
History
Provenance
Removed from the binding of Auct. 5Q. 6. 38, presumably in the 1950s or earlier since it was accompanied by notes in the hand of Dr. W. O. Hassall.
Fol. 11 is an envelope in which this fragment was formerly kept. Fols. 12–13 contain notes on the identification of the fragment and (seemingly) notes on one or more fragments no longer found in this guardbook.
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Last Substantive Revision
2019-02: Record fully revised.