Pseudo-Bonaventura — c.1410; England

Title

Pseudo-Bonaventura — c.1410; England

Shelfmark

Brasenose College MS. 9

Place of origin

England

Date

c.1410

Language

Middle English (1100-1500)

Contents

Form

codex

Support

Parchment

Physical extent

149 leaves [+ 2 front flyleaves, 1 back flyleaf]

Decoration

Decorative initials in red and blue ink.

full illuminated borders on leaves 5r, 7v, 31r, 43r, 63r, 118v.

Binding

17th century calf over boards; gold stamped centrepiece; gold tooled fillets towards outer edges of boards; cloth ties; chain staple mark on upper board edge; very fragile, upper board detached.

Acquisition

Beneath in later hand: "Liber Aulae Regiae et Collegij de Brasen-nose ex dono ornatissimi viri Ricardi Ruerdon in medicina doctoris et comitat. Lane oriundi AD 1662".

Provenance

Initials of Love in gold letters on first page. Possibly written at or for the Priory of Mount Grace, Yorkshire (see Alexander & Temple). Others think it may have been a stationer's copy (see: David J. Falls, Nicholas Love's Mirror and Late Medieval Devotio-Literary Culture : Theological Politics and Devotional Practice in Fifteenth-century England . 2016).

There appear to be 2 records of ownership on leaf 2: "Opera venarabilis doctoris Bonaventure de vita christi sanctissima Rich = Maria Donbyll [Domby?]", C16?