Treatises relating to the Carmelite order — 16th century, second quarter (?); English
MS. Selden Supra 72
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Treatises relating to the Carmelite order — 16th century, second quarter (?); English
Shelfmark
MS. Selden Supra 72
Place of origin
English
Date
16th century, second quarter (?)
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment, paper
Acquisition
Acquired by the Bodleian in 1659
Provenance
John Selden, 1584–1654
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Title
Four short treatises relating to the Carmelite order
Shelfmark
MS. Selden Supra 72
Summary
Four short treatises relating to the Carmelite order, with some corrections in the hand of John Bale:
Fol. 5. 'Cronica parua siue exordium sacri ordinis Carmelitarum ... quem edidit quidam eiusdem Religionis professor': Bale supplies the name, 'Robertus Bale prior Burnehamiensis', that is Burnham Norton in Norfolk: beg. 'Anno mundi. 4186 . Helias propheta primus'. The first few paragraphs are repeated on fol. 3.
Fol. 12. 'Breuis cathologus priorum generalium ordinis Carmelitarum a sancto Bertoldo primo vsque ad Bernardinum de Senis ... compositus per fratrem Johannem Bale inter Carmelitas minimum', but fratrem Johannem, Bale is erased, leaving the work anonymous: beg. 'Quia per temporis successiuam antecedencium patrum viccissitudinem'. This is different from the Catalogus in no. 3429, and goes down to Bernardinus de Senis, elected in 1517 (d. 1523), alive when the Catalogus was written.
Fol. 20. 'Tractatus qui vocatur Laus Carmelitarum a ... fratre Johanne Bakynthorp ...', with an erasure of the name and a note by Bale that the writer was Claudus Conversus, otherwise known as 'Guilhelmus Coventre', William Coventry: beg. 'Carmelus dicitur a car quod est sponsa'.
Fol. 45. 'Alius tractatus minimus eiusdem ... fratris Johannis Bacunthorpe ...', similarly erased and corrected: beg. 'Legitur enim quod ab ordinis Carmelitarum institucione'.
Fol. 2r contains one page only of the end of a treatise and the beginning of 'Hornamentum sanctorum patrum ordinis Carmelitarum' by Thomas Bradley alias Scrope: beg. 'Quoniam Deus in sanctis suis'.
Date
Written perhaps in the 2nd quarter of the 16th century in England
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On paper and parchment mixed
Physical extent
47 Leaves
Custodial history
Owned by lord 'William Howarde' (fol. 5: he died in 1640): the MS was therefore probably at Naworth.
Manuscript 3475 acquired by the Bodleian Library
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Collection contents
Four short treatises relating to the Carmelite order
