Benedict XII — 14th century, end; England

Title

Benedict XII — 14th century, end; England

Shelfmark

MS. Wood empt. 23

Associated place

English

Date

14th century, end

Language

Latin

Contents

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Physical extent

v + 180leaves

Decoration

Good border on fol. 1r; animal head has a sprig of daisies protruding from its mouth

Good historiated initial (fol. 1r): Pope (probably Benedict XII) in tiara, amice, chasuble with red jewels, and alb with apparel, seated with cross staff, handing a document to a kneeling cleric in black habit (probably Benedictine) who is outside of the initial ( The Bodleian Library, Oxford. III: MSS e Musaeo - Wood [Harvey Miller 2002], No. 1051). Kathleen L. Scott suggests that the image is by the same illustrator as MS. Bodley 316 (Later Gothic Manuscripts 1390-1490[Harvey Miller, 1996], II, p. 35)

Coloured initials, e.g. fols 106r, 117r, 135r and 160r

Binding

Inboard binding, allum-tawed skin over wooden boards, with contemporary chemise of allum-tawed skin (originally pink). Single left-to-right long strap and side pin. Kept in a pre-1937 box, with catch, covered with brown book cloth (6.9" x 5.3")

Acquisition

Bought by the library in 1690

Provenance

Fol. 56: 'Iste liber pertinet ad Robartus Tirroldus [sic], si quis inueniet et ego perdeo, adferet ad me et habet duos denarios a me. Johannes Derkes scripsit et si quis queratur pro me habebit me in Abindoni' (c. 1500)

Anthony à Wood

Title

Papal statutes

Shelfmark

MS. Wood empt. 23

Summary

Papal statutes, followed by legatine and provincial constitutions of the church of England:

A. Fol. 1. The statutes of pope Benedict xii for the reformation of monasteries

B:

Fol. 57. The councils of London, 1237, 1269 (fol. 71), Oxford, 1222 (fol. 105), Lambeth, 1261 (fol. 116v), Reading, 1279, with a long preface not as in Wilkins, Concilia, ii. 33, beg. 'Cum recolende memorie' (fol. 127v), Lambeth [1281] (fol. 134v), St. Paul's, 1328/9 (fol. 153v)

Peckham's statute on the obligations of parishioners in churches, beg. 'Vt autem certiores reddantur parochiani' (fol. 153v)

Peckham's statute (really Boniface, as in Wilkins, Concilia, i. 698-9) concerning the payment of tithes (fol. 157v), a constitution on mortuaries (fol. 158v), a constitution of Winchelsea about tithes, beg. 'Inter ecclesiarum rectores' (fol. 159)

Council of St. Paul's, 13[42] (fol. 160), constitution of Simon Islip (fol. 173)

Constitutions of Robert Winchelsea, in visitation, 1305, beg. 'Presbyterii nec non filii sacerdotes' (fol. 174v)

There are also notes about excommunication, from the decretals and provincial councils, beg. 'Quoniam malum vbi cognitum de facili' (fol. 175v)

Date

Written in the late 14th century in England

Language

Latin

Physical facet

On parchment, bound in red leather on boards, with loose cover of limp white leather, with clasp

Physical extent

180 Leaves

Custodial history

Fol. 56. 'Iste liber pertinet ad Robartus Tirroldus [sic], si quis inueniet et ego perdeo, adferet ad me et habet duos denarios a me. Johannes Derkes scripsit et si quis queratur pro me habebit me in Abindoni' (about A.D. 1500).