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Title

Distinctiones theologicae — 14th century, second half; English

Interpretatio nominum mansionum (Num. 33.3–48), Interpretationes nominum — 15th century, early; English

Bede — 14th century; English

Shelfmark

MS. Bodl. 302

Associated place

Scottish

Place of origin

English

Date

14th century

15th century, early

14th century, second half

Language

Latin

Anglo-Norman

MS. Bodl. 302 – Part 1

1. (fol. 1) Distinctiones theologicae

MS. Bodl. 302 – Part 2

1. (fol. 7) Rubric: Compendium historiarum

At fol. 59 follow a picture of the camp of the Israelites in the Wilderness, with description; and historical Old Testament notes, chiefly the interpretation of names, lists of kings, etc., in chronological order, divided according to 'aetates' (see foll. 61v, 63); ends, with some leaves lost, 'fortiter iracundus' and catchwords 'Maath. desiderium'.

(fol. 59r) Incipit: Haec figura valet ad intelligendum, quid dicatur in Num. (8,62) de dispositione tribuum

(fol. 60r) Interpretatio nominum mansionum (Num. 33.3–48)

(fols. 61–71) Interpretationes nominum

MS. Bodl. 302 – Part 3

1. (fol. 72) Bede Ecclesiastical history

On fol. 137v is a late 14th cent. copy of a Latin letter from John Thoresby archbp. of York communicating a mandate of Edw. III which orders a public thanksgiving for the victory of Poitiers, Oct. 12. 1356.

2. (fols. 138–143) A complete added gathering of six leaves, containing copies of pieces chiefly Latin and largely relating to Scottish public affairs, written late in the 14th century, as follows:

(fol. 138) Chronicon elegiacum regum Scottorum

(fol. 138v) An account of kings Edwy and Edgar

(fol. 139) A genealogy of John lord Hastings (d. 1313) from Malcolm Canmore

(fol. 139) The treaty made between William I king of Scotland and Henry I, 1174

(fol. 140) An account of the agreement between William I of Scotland and Rich. I, 1194

(fol. 140v) A mandate from Edw. I to the abbots of Coventry and Burton that they should insert in their chronicles two agreements with Scotland of 1291 (both here copied out in French), dated July 9. 1291

(fol. 141) La pierre de Scone

(fol. 141) Prophecies

(fol. 142) Rubric: Hic incipit bellum quoddam factum quondam apud Poiters

(fol. 142v) An account of the battle of Durham, usually known as that of Nevill's Cross, in 1346, written by Thomas Samson.

(fol. 143v) The first part of a French letter from Edw. III 'a son chiere & fele chiualer Thomas Lucy', 1346, much of it being lost, after fol. 143.

Physical extent

ii + 145 leaves

Acquisition

'THo: Allen' gave the book to the Bodleian in 1601.

Provenance

'Iste liber pertenet George Hull', 16th cent. (fol. 67): M. 2 in a library in which no. 2619 was 'M. 1'.

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