John Mirk, Richard Lavynham — 15th century, second half; English, South
MS. Douce 60
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
John Mirk, Richard Lavynham — 15th century, second half; English, South
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 60
Date
15th century, second half
Language
Middle English (1100-1500)
Contents
Form
codex
Support
paper
Physical extent
i + 239leaves
Acquisition
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834
Provenance
Francis Douce, 1757–1834
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Title
The Festial, sermons on Holy Days and Sundays
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 60
Summary
Also comprises:
(fol. 1) The Festial, sermons on Holy Days and Sundays. A list of contents will be found in C. Horstmann's Altengliscbe Legenden, neue Folge (1881), p. cxix: where it is shown that this is the Festial written by John Mirk, see fol. 147. [With Horstmann I believe the author's name to be Mirkus (?=Mirkhus, 'Dark house'): see MS. Douce 103 E.W.B.N.].
(fol 147) Colophon:'Explicit tractatus qui dicitur Pars Oculi de Latino in Anglicum translatus per fratrem Johannem ... [Mirk canonicum regularem] monasterii de Lylleshulle, cuius anime propicietur Deus. Amen': this treatise on the duties of a parish priest is perhaps based on part of the Pupilla Oculi of Johannes de Burgo. It is in verse and prose, beg. 'God seith him self. as writen y fynde'.
(fol. 189) A sermon 'De festo omnium Sanctorum': beg. 'Gode men and women this day is called all hallowen day.'.
(fol. 193) A treatise on the Seven Deadly Sins: beg. 'Crist that dyed ... The thinges that I haue proposed.'.
(fol. 213) 'Hec est forma confessionis', a long English form in sections, beg. 'I be knowe to God ... that I sinful creature.'.
On fol. 228 (cf. 146v) are notes of Welsh rents owing to sir John Davyys, partly in 1492-4.
Leaves are lost after fols. 30, 43, 59.
Date
written in the second half of the 15th cent. in the South of England
Language
English
Physical facet
On paper
Physical extent
239 Leaves
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Collection contents
The Festial, sermons on Holy Days and Sundays
