Walter Burley, Iohannes Duns Scotus, Thomas of Erfurt, Thomas Hanney — 15th century, first half; English | Manuscripts and Archives at Oxford University

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Title

Walter Burley, Iohannes Duns Scotus, Thomas of Erfurt, Thomas Hanney — 15th century, first half; English

Shelfmark

MS. Bodl. 643

Place of origin

English

Date

15th century, first half

Language

Latin

Walter Burley Expositio super Artem ueterem

1. (fol. 1) Rubric: Expositio Porphirij per magistrum Walterum Burley

2. (fol. 16v) Rubric: Expositio super librum Predicamentorum secundum magistrum W. Burley

3. (fol. 70) Iohannes Duns Scotus Quaestiones super vniuersalia Porphyrii

4. (fol. 103) Thomas of Erfurt Grammatica speculatiua

5. (fol. 135) Thomas Hanney Memoriale iuniorum

On fol. v verso is a short letter, 'Summa totius Logice', with an 'arbor Porphyriana'.

On fol. 259 is a short book-list with prices, printed Thomson (2011), p. 48.

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Physical extent

v + 259 leaves

Hands

Written in two hands. John Esteby, vicar of Banbury, 1436?-70?, wrote fols. 127-255, except the Prologue on fol. 134v, which with the rest of the book may have been written by a foreigner: the illumination is English and uniform throughout.

Decoration

Illuminated capitals, borders.

Binding

Old boards re-covered with white leather in the 16th cent. in England.

Acquisition

Presented by dr. William Cotton, bp. of Exeter, in 1605.

Provenance

'Iste liber constat ... ... ... Johanni ? Maynsforth?? donante domino Roberto Norton', nearly erased, about A. D. 1450-60, fol. 225v [MLGB3 reads: "Iste liber constat [...]a domino Roberto [...]".

Mottenden, Kent, Trinitarian convent: "Constat domui de Motynden ordinis Sancte Trinitatis, emptus per fratrem Ricardum de Lansyng [Lanoyng?] [owned also MS. in de Ricci, Census, p. 2178] anno Domini m° cccc mo lxvij mo . precium xxvi s. viij d. set prevalet." (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution); cp. fol. 256.

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