William FitzStephen, John of Salisbury, Henry of Huntingdon — after 1176; English
MS. Douce 287
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
William FitzStephen, John of Salisbury, Henry of Huntingdon — after 1176; English
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 287
Date
after 1176
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
i + 108 + ii fols.
Acquisition
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834
Provenance
Lessness Or Westwood, Kent, Augustinian abbey of St Thomas the Martyr: 'Hic est liber ecclesie beati Thome martiris de Lesnes. Quem qui ei abstulerit aut illi super eo fraudem fecerit nisi eidem ecclesie satisfecerit plene anathema sit maranatha'. (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).
'Edoardo Luidio donavit d. David Wyn rector ecclesie Lh. Vihangel Lhyn Myvyr (sc. Llanfihangel Glyn-y-Myvyr) Anno 1699.' (MLGB3)
Francis Douce, 1757–1834
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Title
Pieces and extracts in Latin
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 287
Summary
Comprises:
(fol. 1) 'Willelmus filius Stephani ... de vita & passione sancti Thome archiepiscopi & martiris', with various additions, including some metrical orations, etc.: and on fol. 36v 'Inuectio' a poem about the martyrdom (beg. 'Ve tibi terra ferox)', with other short pieces
(fol. 37) 'Item de passione sancti Thome & martir [sic] Johannes de Salesburia ...'
(fol. 43) 'Summa cause inter regem H. & sanctum Th. hic continetur.' This is really the same as fol. 37
(fol. 44) The constitutions of Clarendon, A.D. 1164
(fol. 46v) Ninety-two letters, chiefly by or to st. Thomas a Becket, and bp. Gilbert Folliot, or relating to ecclesiastical affairs in their time
(fol. 103) 'Ex Historia Anglorum H̄', extracts from Henry of Huntingdon's History. On fol. 109v is a 13th. cent. form of letters dimissory from the Prior and convent de Bello Loco (probably Bewley in Hants, possibly in Beds.) to a monk desirous of changing his order.
114 leaves, chiefly in double columns.
Date
written in the 13th cent., in more than one hand
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On parchment
Physical extent
114 Leaves
Custodial history
'Hic est liber ecclesie beati Thome martiris de Lesnes [in Erith, Kent]. Qui ei abstulerit, anathema sit' (13th cent.: with three other forms of the same inscription). 'Edoardo Luidio donavit d. David Wyn rector ecclesiæ Lh. Vihangel Lhyn Myvyr [Llanfihangel Glyn-y-Myvyr] A° 1699.'.
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Collection contents
Pieces and extracts in Latin
