Odo de Cheriton — 15th century; English
MS. Douce 101
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Odo de Cheriton — 15th century; English
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 101
Date
15th century
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
paper
Physical extent
iv + 93leaves
Acquisition
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834
Provenance
Henry Spelman (?): 'There is reason for supposing that this MS... . belonged to Sir Henry . Spelman', Douce's note.
Francis Douce, 1757–1834
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Title
Fifty tales from the Gesta Romanorum, with moralizations
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 101
Summary
Beg. 'Quidam Rome imperator habuit filiam nomine Lleyke': followed at fol. 82 by a selection of twenty-one fables, here anonymous, but by Odo de Cerinton or Cheriton, of which the first beg. 'Fabula Moralis. Pulli celebrauerunt capitulum vt eligerent sibi regem': in the second an English proverb is introduced, 'Sylden ys the later Prophete the better', cf. fol. 84.
Date
written in the 15th cent. in England
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On paper
Physical extent
93 Leaves
Custodial history
'There is reason for supposing that this MS... . belonged to Sir Henry . Spelman', Douce's note.
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Collection contents
Fifty tales from the Gesta Romanorum, with moralizations
