De caritate, Medical recipes — 13th century
MS. D'Orville 206
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
From Medieval manuscripts in Oxford libraries
This is an extract only. For more information, see the catalogue record in Medieval manuscripts in Oxford libraries.
Medieval manuscripts in Oxford libraries contains descriptions of all known Western medieval manuscripts held in the Bodleian Libraries, and of medieval manuscripts in selected Oxford colleges. Learn more.
Title
De caritate, Medical recipes — 13th century
Shelfmark
MS. D'Orville 206
Date
13th century
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
ii + 103leaves
Acquisition
Acquired by the Bodleian in 1804
Provenance
At the end, in a later hand: 'Allo nome de Dio amen. anno Dominj millesimo lxxviij,' perhaps referring to the year 1378 CE
Jacques Phillippe D'Orville of Amsterdam (1690–1751)
Jean D'Orville, b. 1734, his son, by descent
Jean D'Orville, son of Jean, by descent
Sold to the Rev. John Cleaver Banks (1765/1766–1845): purchased from him by the Bodleian
View full record in Medieval manuscripts in Oxford libraries
From Bodleian Archives & Manuscripts
This is an extract only. For more information, see the catalogue record in Bodleian Archives & Manuscripts.
Bodleian Archives & Manuscripts contains descriptions of the Bodleian Libraries’ archival collections, including post-1500 manuscripts. Some manuscripts with records in other catalogues are also described here as part of a description of a larger archive. Learn more.
Title
A poem de Caritate, composed in elegiac couplets, the two verses of each couplet rhyming
Shelfmark
MS. D'Orville 206
Summary
The prologue beg. 'Hoc nomen [sc. Caritas] liber iste loco non continet ullo', for metrical reasons: the text beg. 'Omnipotens eterne Deus patrumque meorum', or 'Omnibus hoc natura dedit quid quisque sequatur | Quid uelit in primis optio cuique datur.'
The writer appears to be a monk, or, as he speaks of a populus sibi subditus, perhaps an abbot or bishop, and invokes the intercession martiris eximij pontificisque Thome, which can only be St. Thomas of Canterbury (d. 1170). Several sections bear titles de superbia, de inuidia etc., and one (fol. 87) 'Perlege de Mortis titulata bono Ciprianum | Auctorem laudans Ambrosiique manum.'
Some 14th cent. medical recipes follow on fol. 101v.
At end, in a later hand, is 'Allo nome de Dio amen. anno Dominj millesimo lxxviij', perhaps A.D. 1378.
Date
13th cent.-1378
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On parchment
Physical extent
103 Leaves
View full record in Bodleian Archives & Manuscripts
Collection contents
Manuscripts of Jacques Philippe D'Orville
A poem de Caritate, composed in elegiac couplets, the two verses of each couplet rhyming
