The Prick of Conscience — c. 1400; England
MS. Douce 157
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
The Prick of Conscience — c. 1400; England
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 157
Place of origin
England
Date
c. 1400
Language
Middle English (1100-1500)
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
xiii + 119leaves
Decoration
Good initial (defaced)
Acquisition
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834
Provenance
Eduardi Umfreville: inscribed, fol. 1r.
Francis Douce, 1757–1834
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Title
'Incipit Stimulus Consciencie', the Prick of Conscience, as MS. Douce 156, in English verse
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 157
Summary
This copy begins 'The mighte of the Fader almyghtty': the rubrics are in Latin.
'Eduardi Umfreville', 18th cent.: notes by him and Douce about the treatise are on fols. i-xi.
Date
written in the second half of the 14th cent.
Language
English
Physical facet
On parchment
Physical extent
119 Leaves
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Collection contents
'Incipit Stimulus Consciencie', the Prick of Conscience, as MS. Douce 156, in English verse
