MS. Lat. misc. e. 52
Summary Catalogue no.: Not in SC (late accession)
Contents
1. (fol. 2)
, Regulae grammaticae Rubric: Regule gramatice’
Incipit: Ne rudium turba scolarium vago diducentur errore… Ego Franciscus de Bruti Piscis (sic for Pisanus) civis gramatice ac rectorice profexor indignus regulas gramatice… compilavi
Explicit: et hec de figuris etc.
Final rubric: Expliciunt Regule gramatice.
Language(s): Latin
2. (fol. 82)
, Regule rethorice Rubric: Regule recthorice
Incipit: Quoniam facultas recthorice sine arte potest difficiliter edoceri
Explicit: cuius honori dicta superius et dicenda inferius referantur
Language(s): Latin
3. (fol. 88)
, Tractatus epistolarum Rubric: Tractatus epistolarum
Incipit: Quoniam dictamen tripliciter dividitur
Explicit: mandata omni tempore obligatur. et hec de conclusione et epistolari dictamine dicta sufficiant.
Final rubric: Expliciunt regule artis dictaminis prosaici et epistolaris. Amen.
Another MS. of the work is Canon.misc.196.
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Secundo Folio: nominum sunt
Form: codex
Support: Paper. Watermarks: steer's head (not identified in Briquet); balance (fol.18, not identified in Briquet); circles cf.Briquet 3163; letter B cf.Briquet 7980.
Extent: 98 leaves
Dimensions (leaf): 215 × 140 mm.
Dimensions (written): 150–65 × 90–105 mm.
Collation
1(8) – 12(8) Catchwords.
Layout
mostly 32–5 long lines
Decoration
Spaces for initials left unfilled.
Binding
modern binding.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (1773–1843), 6th son of George III, with his bookplate inscribed with the shelfmark 'VI | S. c. 14', his sale, part II, Evans, 31 July 1844 and three following days, probably lot 408 (Quarto, 'Regulae grammaticae. MS. of the XVth Century.')
Inscribed 'Puttick 1849', 'No. 38'
Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792–1872), MSS. 21549 and 21502, his sale, Sotheby's, 1898, lot 616, '616' on spine
Given by F. Madan, Bodley's Librarian, May 1917.
Record Sources
Typescript description by Bodleian library staff revised by Peter Kidd, late 1990s.
Abbreviations
View list of abbreviations and editorial conventions.
Last Substantive Revision
2017-07-01: First online publication.