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MS. Lat. th. d. 31

Summary Catalogue no.: Not in SC (late accession)

Contents

Jacobus de Losanna, Sermons (pr. A. Rigault, Paris, 1530)
Colophon: Sermones dominicales et festivi Lausanie … Pere (bottom of fol. 216, contemporary hand)
(fol.1)
Rubric: De singulis diebus dominicis
Incipit: Sicut in die etc. vulgo dicitur solont le jour le pont
Explicit: et postea vitam eternam ad quam nos perducat qui vivit
Final rubric: Expliciunt sermones de singulis diebus dominicis per annum a fratre ia⟨cobo⟩ de laus⟨anna⟩ ordinis fratrum predicatorum
(fol. 129v)

List of contents, in a different hand

(fol.130)
Rubric: De sanctis
Incipit: Christo confixus sum cruci gal. II. In negotio periculoso et dubio sequendum est concilium (sic)
Explicit: et gloriam in futuro etc.
Final rubric: Expliciunt sermones de sanctis
(fol. 217)

List of contents, in a different hand

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Secundo Folio: rigat et
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: iii + 219 leaves,
Dimensions (leaf): 295 × 205 mm.
Dimensions (written): 210–20 × 145–50 mm.
Foliation: foliated i–xxvi, 27–109, cx–cxxix in a somewhat later hand

Collation

1(12)–8(12), 9(12)(wants 6 and 7), 10(12), 11(12)(12 canc.), 12(12)–17(12), 18(8), 19(8) catchwords

Layout

2 cols., 51, 52 lines

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander i. 630:

Illuminated initials on fol.1 and 130

Partial borders on fol.1 and 130

Red and blue flourished initials throughout

Binding

modern yellow morocco binding.

History

Origin: 14th century, second half ; French

Provenance and Acquisition

'B. A. P. M.' written across the bottom edge of the pages

E. Crawshaw (bookplate); sold at Sotheby's, 20 Dec. 1920, lot 491, bought by Thorp for £17 10s.

Bought, 1960.

Record Sources

Typescript description by Bodleian Library staff, revised by Peter Kidd, late 1990s

Last Substantive Revision

2017-07-01: First online publication.