Ps.-Aristotle — 15th century; English
MS. Douce 95
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Ps.-Aristotle — 15th century; English
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 95
Associated place
London
Date
15th century
Language
Latin
Middle English (1100-1500)
Anglo-Norman
Contents
Form
codex
Support
paper
Physical extent
iii + 41leaves
Acquisition
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834
Provenance
Francis Douce, 1757–1834
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Title
Miscellanies
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 95
Summary
The chief of the miscellanies are:
(fol. 1) An amatory poem: at end, 'Explicit Amor per ducem Eborum [Ebo 4, which I take as = Eboracensem. E.W.B.N.] nuper factus': beg. 'Excellent soueraine semely to see.'
(fol. 3v) Short poems, begg. 'Fair fresshest erthly creature', 'Crist crowned kyng', 'En Jhesu roy soueraign | You lady fare and fre' (French and English)
(fol. 7) Rhythmical Latin verse, entitled 'Disputacio inter Diuitem & Lazarum': beg. 'Audi, sancte senior, audi me loquentem.'
(fol. 9) 'Nomina omnium ecclesiarum in ciuitate London' & suburbiis eiusdem', 134 in number: followed by the dimensions of st. Paul's cathedral, and other statistics: notes of the Cinque Ports, of Saints, archbishops of Canterbury to Hubert Walter (d. 1205), in Latin verse
(fol. 25) The order of a King's coronation, wanting the beginning, in Latin: beg. 'Edwardi que regalia singulatim sicut auferentur tradentur Abbati Westmonasteriensi.'
(fol. 29v) The first twenty chapters of the Secretum Secretorum attributed to Aristotle, in Latin, with prefatory matter by Philippus clericus: the rest was not transcribed
(fol. 37) 'Thordynaunce for chesyng of chirche wardeyns in S. Stephens Chirche in Colman strete', London, and statutes for bells and pitts.
Date
written in the 15th cent., in England
Language
Latin
English
French
Physical facet
On paper
Physical extent
41 Leaves
Custodial history
Owned by Thomas Warton, and Joseph Strutt, of whom Douce purchased it.
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