MS. Lat. th. f. 17
Summary Catalogue no.: Not in SC (late accession)
Contents
1.
Biblical summary Rubric: Breviarium veteris et novi testamenti.
Incipit: ||-nit humanum genus
Explicit: usque ad finem mundi durabit
Final rubric: Explicit breviarium totius ueteris testamenti et noui
Beg. imperf. in Genesis. Fol.1 should come after fol.10.
Language(s): Latin
2.
Geographical texts (fol.13v)
Rubric: Mirabilia Orientis
Incipit: Revera admirabile est nomen Domini
(fol.14)
Rubric: Fontes
Incipit: Sardina (sic) est insula in mari Mediterraneo
(fol.15v)
Rubric: Mirabilia Anglie
Incipit: Ventus egreditur de cavernis in monte Peek
(fol.16v)
Rubric: Mirabilia Hibernie
Incipit: Hibernia dividitur in quattuor, Ultoniam, Memoniam, Mediam et Armaciam
Language(s): Latin
3.
Biblical index or tabula An alphabetical collection of topics from 'Abstinentia' to 'Zelus', with scriptural examples, the prologue starting imperfect. The topics are numbered 'littera' 1–55, and each number is sub-divided a, b, c, etc., for indexing (this text closely resembles MS. Bodl. 627 (Stegmüller, Bibl. 10089) in arrangement, and contains the same prologue
Incipit: (prologue) || ⟨fi⟩guras applicare
Incipit: (text) Precepit deus ade
Explicit: (text) nescitas cuius spiritus est luc' 9. Amen. M.T.
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: i + 125 leaves
Dimensions (leaf): 145 × 100 mm.
Dimensions (written): 95 × 65 mm.
Collation
1(3), 2(8) (wants 7), 3(8) (wants 6–8), 4(8) (wants 1 and 8), 5(8) (wants 2–5), 6(8), 7(8) (wants 1), 8(8)–17(8), 18(8) (wants 4–8) catchwords Quires 2 and 3 are signed h, i, and 4–18 a-p, all in a contemporary hand
Layout
20 long lines
Decoration
Blue initials flourished in red.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Bought, 1950.
Record Sources
Typescript description by Bodleian Library staff
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2017-07-01: First online publication.