MS. Lat. th. f. 20
Summary Catalogue no.: Not in SC (late accession)
Devotional pieces; England, early 15th century
Contents
Language(s): Latin
(fol.1)
, Epistola ad Adam Horsley de origine et utilitate religionis Rubric: speculum de utilitate religionis regularis secundum Magistrum et beatum Walterum hilton
Incipit: Quia vero ex tenore cuiusdam littere mihi nuper transmisse
Explicit: consequi merearis. Gracia dei tecum sit nunc et in perpetuum. Amen.
Language(s): Latin
(fol.52v)
, Meditationes circa septem Psalmos paenitentiales Rubric: Incipit meditacio devota super septem psalmis penitencialibus edita per magistrum petrum de alliaco… Anno domini Millesimo CCCCmo sexto
As pr. in Monumenta patrum orthodoxographica, Basileae 1569, pp.1085–1110, beg: , ends:
Incipit: Vera penitencia velut schala quedam est
Explicit: misericorditer prestare digneris. Qui vivis et regnas etc. Amen.
Language(s): Latin
Prayers for use before and after Mass
(fol.121)
Incipit: Dulcissime et benignissime domine iesu christe altissimi patris altissime fili
Language(s): Latin
(fol.127)
Incipit: Sallutiferum sacramentum a me misero et indigno ministro tuo
Language(s): Latin
(fol.128)
Incipit: Gratias tibi ago domine iesu christe qui me infirmum
(cf. Missale ad usum Sarum, ed. F. H. Dickinson, col. 641) Language(s): Latin
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Secundo Folio: tam comburat
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: iii + 130 leaves
Dimensions (leaf): 135 × 90 mm.
Dimensions (written): 80 × 50 mm.
Collation
1(8)– 16(8) catchwords quires 2 – 15 numbered a – o
Layout
19 long lines
Decoration
Red and blue flourished and plain initials.
Binding
contemporary binding of white doeskin over boards.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Syon monastery : identifiable by content and 2o fo. with MS. M 95 in the 16th cent. catalogue
John Trotter Brockett , his sale, Sotheby's 18 June 1843, lot 659
' J. Raine , York, Jan. 1862'
William Greenwell (d. 1918)
Sotheby's 15 March 1907 and following day, lot 350, bought by Leighton for £3 8s.
Wilfred Merton (1889–1957)
Bought from Breslauer, 1958.
Record Sources
Typescript description by Bodleian Library staff
Bibliography
Online resources:
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2017-07-01: First online publication.