MS. Wood empt. 24
Summary Catalogue no.: 8612
Contents
1. (fol. 1)
, De quantitate animae Rubric: de quantitate anime
Incipit: Quoniam video te abundare otio
Language(s): Latin
2. (fol. 39)
, De bono mortis Rubric: de bono mortis
Incipit: Quoniam de anima sermonem
Language(s): Latin
3.
(fol. 92)
De uirginitate Rubric: sermo de viduis
Incipit: Nobile apud veteres
Ending abruptly, where some leaves have been torn out, at the end of Chapter XVIII
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: iii + 113 leaves. Stylus ruling fols 1–38
Dimensions (binding): 5.7 × 3.7 in.
Binding
White vellum on boards (17th-century work)
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Durham, Benedictine cathedral priory of St Cuthbert: Letter mark 'K' (fol. 1r)
'Poklyngton; (fol. ii recto), s. xiv ex. = ? William Poklyngton, monk of Durham (cf. Catt. Vett., pp. 39, 90 [or 40?], 212)
'liber dompni Iohannis [...] ex collacione domini Willelmi de Strygate capellani' (MLGB3)
Anthony à Wood: fol. i has the signature 'Anthony Wood'
Bought by the library in 1690
Record Sources
Description adapted (March 2025) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1937)
Bibliography
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2025-03-03: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1937)