MS. Barlow 15
Summary Catalogue no.: 6422
Contents
Includes a mystical passage which begins 'Sibille omnes femine generaliter' (fol. ii verso); there is a table of capitula for each book, with that for Book 1 beginning 'Omnis doctrina est de rebus' (fol. v); a list of heresies, beginning abruptly due to the loss of one or more leaves (fol. vii); a preface, beginning 'Nunc inspectum libri sacramentorum' (fol. ix verso); and the usual preface which begins 'Cupientes aliquid' (fol. x)
The text begins 'Veteris ac noue legis' (fol. 1) and is accompanied by contemporary marginalia.
Physical Description
Condition
Layout
2 cols
Decoration
Illuminated initials
Binding
Brown leather with roll-produced border
History
Provenance and Acquisition
There are two erased inscriptions on fol. 220v
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1691 by Thomas Barlow (Summary Catalogue, Vol. 2 Part 2, p. 1043)
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Last Substantive Revision
2023-04-14: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1937)