Miscellany of courtly poetry by Hoccleve, Lydgate, Peter Idley, Chaucer; English, 1450s × 1490s
MS. Digby 181
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
From Medieval manuscripts in Oxford libraries
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Title
Miscellany of courtly poetry by Hoccleve, Lydgate, Peter Idley, Chaucer; English, 1450s × 1490s
Shelfmark
MS. Digby 181
Date
1470s × 1490s
1450 × 1470s
Language
Latin
Middle English (1100-1500)
Contents
Form
codex
Support
Paper. Modern parchment endleaves.
Physical extent
ii (modern endleaves) + 93 + ii (modern endleaves, foliated 94-95)
Binding
Standard Digby binding with armorial stamp with two metal clasps, c. 1632–34.
Acquisition
Donated to the Bodleian, 30 December 1634.
Provenance
Inscribed, this is John Fayerproutes bock, 16th century (fol. 77v).
Inscribed, John pper, 17th century (fol. 93v), visible under UV light (see Michael C. Seymour, The manuscripts of Chaucer's Troilus, Scriptorium, 46:1 (1992) ).
Peter Idywerte: inscribed, 17th or 18th century ? (first parchment flyleaf, a pastedown to a previous binding), possibly a bastardisation of Peter Idley (cf. rubric fol. 10v).
Kenelm Digby, 1603–1665: inscribed, Vindica te tibi Kenelme Digby (fol. 1r).
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Title
[Thomas Occ1eve's] Letter of Cupid; A poem against marriage; A poem of the deceitfulness of women, and others
Shelfmark
MS. Digby 181
Date
15th century, end
Language
English
Physical extent
93 Leaves
Custodial history
Manuscript 1502 acquired by the Bodleian Library (118)
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Collection contents
[Thomas Occ1eve's] Letter of Cupid; A poem against marriage; A poem of the deceitfulness of women, and others
