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Jacobus de Cessolis, De ludo schaccorum

St John's College MS 135

St John's College, University of Oxford

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Title

Jacobus de Cessolis, De ludo schaccorum

Shelfmark

St John's College MS 135

Place of origin

England

Date

s. xiv med.

Language

Latin

Contents

1. Fols. 1–47v Jacobus de Cessolis De ludo schaccorum
2. Fols. 47v–8v Rubric: Hec moralitas sequens de Scachario est domini Pape INNOCENCIJ TERCIJ
3. Fols. 48v–53v Ps.-METHODIUS 'Apocalypsis'
Added texts:
a. Fols. 53v–4v Incipit: ⟨M⟩undus iste totus scacarium quoddam est Cuius vnus punctus albus est et alius niger
b. Fols. 55–7v An index to a work on government, the household, self, and state, in ten parts.

Form

codex

Support

Vellum (HSOS/HFFH).

Physical extent

Fols. i + 57+ i (numbered fol. ii).

Hands

Written in anglicana formata . Punctuation by medial point , double point, and punctus elevatus.

Decoration

Headings in red.

Two-line red lombards at textual divisions.

The text broken with red paraphs, and proper names underlined in red.

Binding

A modern replacement. Sewn on four thongs. At the front and rear, single modern paper flyleaves.

Provenance

‘Liber Collegij Divi Joannis Baptistae Oxon’ ex dono Domini Gulielmi PaddeiMilitis et Collegii olim Convictoris 1634’ ( fol. 2 , upper margin).

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People associated with this object

  • Innocent, IV, Pope, approximately 1200-1254

  • Jacobus, de Cessolis, active 1288-1322

  • Paddy, William, 1554-1634

  • Methodius, bishop of Olympus, pseudo

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