Tria sunt, Letters to the Pope or to papal court from English bishops etc., c. 1400 (copies) — 15th century, first half
MS. Selden Supra 65
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Tria sunt, Letters to the Pope or to papal court from English bishops etc., c. 1400 (copies) — 15th century, first half
Shelfmark
MS. Selden Supra 65
Place of origin
English
Date
15th century, first half
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Acquisition
Acquired by the Bodleian in 1659
Provenance
Oxford, Oxfordshire, Canterbury College; cell of Christ Church, Canterbury: Monogram 'hc' of Henry Cranbroke. Identifiable by 2 o folio 'Stille sedicio' with an entry in the 1501 (1st) inventory (ed. Pantin, 1. 27, no. 311). (MLGB3: evidence of dicta probatoria, usually a secundo folio).
Pantin, Canterbury College, Oxf. Hist. Soc., 1. 112. (MLGB3)
John Selden, 1584–1654
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Title
Treatises on literary composition (ars dictandi)
Shelfmark
MS. Selden Supra 65
Summary
Treatises on literary composition (ars dictandi):
Fol. 1. 'Tractatus de arte dictandi qui dicitur Tria sunt', in 16 chapters, with additional note and list of contents: beg. 'Tria sunt circa que': a treatise on literary composition, with marginal notes: MS. Douce 147, art. 6.
Fol. 73. Copies of eighteen letters to the pope or to the papal court from English bishops, etc., about A.D. 1400. At least two are from the University of Oxford (foll. 74, 75v, in favour of dr. T. M.) and one from the bishop of Hereford (fol. 73): they appear to be chiefly specimens of recommendations of particular persons. The last ends 'quod Daltone'.
Fols. 85, 140. 'Liber magistri Galfridi [de Vino Salvo] de nova poetria etc. quod Daltone': beg. 'Papa stupor mundi', a poem de arte poetica. Foll. 140-5 contain two omitted passages.
Fol. 111. 'Tractatus [Thomae Merke] episcopi Karliolensis de arte et scientia dictandi': beg. 'Dilectissime frater in Christo quodam timoris & amoris intersticio positus'.
Fol. 125v. 'Compendium artis dictatorie composito [sic] a quodam monacho de S. anno Domini millesimo lxiiij°': in six chapters: beg. 'Ad omnipotentis Dei laudem, gloriosius'.
Fol. 134. 'Tractatus magistri Riginaldi Alcok de arte dictandi': beg. 'Discantus est color rethoricus': after this colophon the lower half of fol. 134 is cut off, and writing on the verso of the leaf erased.
A note of 1456 on fol. 146 mentions 'Willelmus Forsythe scriptor', and on the same leaf is a rather earlier Greek alphabet, with Latin equivalents, etc.
Date
Written in the first half of the 15th century in England, by Dalton
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On parchment
Physical extent
149 Leaves
Custodial history
'John Crowley' and 'Foster' (15th cent.) are on fol. 145.
Manuscript 3468 acquired by the Bodleian Library
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Collection contents
Treatises on literary composition (ars dictandi)
