MS. Wood empt. 22

Summary Catalogue no.: 8610

Ps.-Galienus, Speculum juniorum

Rubric: Speculum juniorum

Incipit: Rationabilem creaturam a deo factam

Explicit: nec debet aliquid accipi pro hoc sacramento nec pro aliis, set gratis debet conferri

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: parchment

Extent: iii + 200 leaves

Dimensions (binding): 6.1 × 3.4 in.

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander iii. 645

Good border

Good initial

History

Origin: 14th century, middle ; England

Provenance and Acquisition

Henry Jackson of Corpus Christi College, Oxford (fol. 2)

Formerly no. 56 in, perhaps, Ralph Sheldon's library (fol. i verso)

Anthony à Wood

Bought by the library in 1690

Record Sources

Description adapted (March 2025) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1937). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973)

Summary Catalogue, Vol. 2 Part 2, p. 1204

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2025-03-03: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1937)

A catalogue of Western manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries and selected Oxford colleges