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

MS. e Mus. 198

Summary Catalogue no.: 3712

Contents

1.
Register of writs
Language(s): Latin and Anglo-Norman
2.
Extract from 'Bernardus'
Language(s): Latin
3.
Treatise in reproof of worldiness in the clergy,

in verse

Incipit: Ȝif þat lorel lordes þis understode
Language(s): Middle English

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Illuminated border, capitals.

Binding

Red leather without boards, contemporary English work.

History

Origin: 14th century, second quarter (after 1333) ; English

Record Sources

Summary description by Elizabeth Solopova and Matthew Holford, based on the Summary Catalogue and supplementary sources.

Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    A. Watson, Catalogue of Dated and Datable Manuscripts in Oxford Libraries (1984), no. 659

Last Substantive Revision

2022-04-04: Add binding information from Summary Catalogue.