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Religious pieces in Middle English and Latin

MS. Add. A. 268

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Title

Religious pieces in Middle English and Latin

Shelfmark

MS. Add. A. 268

Place of origin

English

Date

13th century

15th century, early

Language

Latin

Middle English (1100-1500)

Old French (842-ca. 1400)

Contents

MS. Add. A. 268 - part A
(fol. 1) 'Ars moriendi'
(fol. 11) Rubric: De gaudiis celi
(fol. 30) Ps.-Bernard Speculum peccatoris
(fols. 37) Speculum Christiani
MS. Add. A. 268 - part B
(fol. 85) Thomas of Hales Vita Sanctae Mariae
(fol. 108v) Rubric: […] Incipit Meditacio breuis & ualida ad excitandum hominem ad timorem Dei […]
(fol. 111) Short theological chapters
MS. Add. A. 268 - part C
(fol. 117) 'Speculum huius vite'
(fol. 139) The virtues of the mass
(fol. 146) Rubric: All myzty God that all has wrozt
(fols. 152v, 153v) Medical recipes
MS. Add. A. 268 - binding fragments (fols. 154-160)
La Queste del Saint Graal

Form

codex

Support

parchment, paper

Physical extent

ii + 164 leaves

Acquisition

Bought for £6.

Provenance

The name 'Bradshawe' occurs twice in red in the margin of fols. 63, 65, and may be the name of the scribe or rubricator.

'Constat domino Gylbarto Barton viginti dinariorum vel viginti dinarijs a bibliapolis cuj erit nomen Thomas' (late 15th cent.: fol. 36v)

'Rich. Wills' (16th cent.) is on the old cover (fol. 161).

Thomas Percy, 1729-1811, Bishop of Dromore, collector of ballads; his sale, Sotheby's, 29 April 1884 (lot 83)

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  • Barton, Gilbert, late 15th or early 16th century

  • Wills, Richard, 16th century

  • Thomas, of Hales, active 1250

  • Percy, Thomas, 1729-1811

  • Bernard, of Clairvaux, Saint, 1090 or 1091-1153, pseudo

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