MS. Lat. misc. e. 93
Summary Catalogue no.: Not in SC (late accession)
Oxford formularies of the school of William Kingsmill; English, 15th century
Contents
1.
Liber Donati Dialogue in French (Dean and Boulton no. 291). The name of W. Kingsmill is changed to Gilliam Scrivener and the examples from Oxford are changed to London, as in MS. Cambridge, Univ. Library Dd.12.23. Printed by P. Meyer, Romania 32(1903), pp. 49–58 (cf. also B.L.R. II, 1946, p. 146).
Incipit: Sire bon iour. Sire bon iour a vous
Explicit: iij dousezeyns saucers Amen
Language(s): French
2. (fol. 6)
Treatise on conveyancing Ends incomplete. With examples from Oxford and its neighbourhood. The latest date is 1441–2. Another MS. is Lat. misc. d. 69.
Incipit: ⟨T⟩ria sunt que pertinent ad cartas
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper. Watermarks: scissors cf. Briquet 3746; three mountains within circle cf. Briquet 11881; steer cf. Briquet 2775–6.
Extent: ii + 56 leaves
Dimensions (leaf): 205 × 140 mm.
Dimensions (written): 145-50 × 90-95 mm.
Collation
1(12)–3(12), 4(12)(8 canc.), 5(8) (wants 8)
Layout
29 long lines
Decoration
initials and rubrics picked out in red
Binding
modern binding.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872), MS. 13443* and 13446
Sir Robert Leicester Harmsworth
Harmsworth Trust sale at Sotheby's, 16 Oct. 1945, lot 2051, bought by Quaritch for £38.
Record Sources
Typescript description by Bodleian Library staff, revised by Peter Kidd, late 1990s.