MS. Lat. th. d. 22
Summary Catalogue no.: Not in SC (late accession)
Franciscan constitutions; southern France, late 13th century
Contents
Cf. A.G. Little, Engl. Hist. Rev. XIII (1898), pp.703–8, Arch. Francisc. Hist. VII (1914), pp.676–82.
Pr. from this MS. by A.G. Little, Engl. Hist. Rev. XVII (1902), 512–8, Arch. Francisc. Hist. VII (1914), 449–53
Physical Description
Collation
Layout
23 long lines
Decoration
Fleuronée initials. (Pächt and Alexander i. list p. 72)
Red initials, a few flourished in black, the rest plain.
Accompanying Material
The binding is a papal indult granted to a number of clergy and laity in the dioceses of Reims and Laon, allowing them the choice of their own confessors, the use of portable altars and other privileges. It has the signature S. Comen. (Scaramutia de Trivultio, bp. of Como 1508–1518, cf. B. Katterbach, Studi e Testi 5.2 (1931), p.67) The name of the abbreviator is Blos., i.e. Blosius Palladius.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792–1872), MS. 9479 (a trace of this number, '9[...]' survives on a characteristic Phillipps printed paper label on the spine), his sale, Sotheby's 17 May 1897 and three days following, lot 207 (inscribed 'Phillipps MSS | 207', fol. 1r), bought by Tregaskis for £1 1s.; bought from Tregaskis by A. G. Little in 1898, and given by him to the Bodleian in 1940.
Record Sources
Abbreviations
View list of abbreviations and editorial conventions.
Last Substantive Revision
2017-07-01: First online publication.