William Brito — 15th century; English
MS. Douce 239
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
William Brito — 15th century; English
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 239
Place of origin
English
Date
15th century
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
iii + 99leaves, in double columns
Acquisition
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834
Provenance
London, Franciscan convent: "Iste libellus est fratris Ambrosii Kelle Sentenciarii et quondam cursoris sacratissime facultatis theologice in conventu nostrorum fratrum minorum Londoniensium" (? s. xvi). (MLGB3: evidence from an inscription of ownership by an individual member of a religious house (which may not, however, be evidence for institutional ownership)).
Francis Bernard (CMA 3623). W. Clavell sale 39 March 1742 Octavo MS. 22. J. Monro sale 23 April 1792 lot 3(or 5?)334. (MLGB3)
Ambrose Kell, Franciscan scholar of theology, obtained right of free entry into Univ. Library Oxford 1507. (MLGB3)
Francis Douce, 1757–1834
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Title
'... Summa Britonis', or Vocabularium Bibliae, a lexicon of difficult terms and the meaning of proper names in the Latin Bible
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 239
Summary
Compiled by Gulielmus Brito: text beg. 'A litera in omnibus linguis': the prologue and epilogue are in leonine hexameters. At end of colophon 'quod frater Ambrosius', the scribe. [These last words are in a different hand from that of the book, but resemble the hand of the note relating to Amb. Kelle. E.W.B.N.].
'Iste libellus est fratris Ambrosij Kelle Sentenciarij & quondam cursoris sacratissime facultatis theologice in conuentu nostrorum fratrum Minorum Londoniensium' (late 15th cent. ?).
Date
written in the 15th cent. in England by Ambrosius
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On parchment
Physical extent
99 leaves, in double columns
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Collection contents
'... Summa Britonis', or Vocabularium Bibliae, a lexicon of difficult terms and the meaning of proper names in the Latin Bible
