Collections from the decrees of the popes and councils, and the works of the Fathers — 12th century, late; English

Title

Collections from the decrees of the popes and councils, and the works of the Fathers — 12th century, late; English

Shelfmark

MS. Barlow 37

Date

12th century, late

Language

Latin

Contents

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Binding

Stamped brown leather, blind-tooled.

Acquisition

Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1691

Provenance

Thomas Barlow, 1607–1691

Title

Collections from the decrees of the popes and councils

Shelfmark

MS. Barlow 37

Summary

Collections from the decrees of the popes and councils, and the works of the fathers (including Bernard of Clairvaux, Anselm, Hugh of st. Victor, and Lanfranc), entitled 'Incipiunt excerptiones de libris canonicis', beg. 'Nulli sacerdotum suos liceat canones ignorare', imperfect at end, with long marginal glosses. The work is divided into sections, of which the following are the more important:

'Incipiunt excerptiones quedam de capitulis Theodulfi Aurelianensis episcopi' (fol. 27)

'Liber penitentialis incipit de grauissimo homicidio', beg. 'Quicunque homicidii' (fol. 47)

'Incipit de diversis sententiis', beg. 'In baptismo datur spiritus' (fol. 124)

Fol. iii is a leaf from a rather later theological treatise, containing a section beg. '[Q]uamvis eorum quibus exponere conpellebar'.

Date

Written late in the 12th century in England

Language

Latin

Physical facet

On parchment, binding, stamped brown leather, blind-tooled

Physical extent

157 Leaves

Custodial history

'Liber Tho: Barlow è coll. Reg. Oxon. xiii cal. Jul: MDCLXVIII' is written beneath 'Brian Stapleton his book' (fol. iii).