Rule of St. Benedict — 13th century, first half; French (?)

Title

Rule of St. Benedict — 13th century, first half; French (?)

Psalter and Canticles (‘Oxford Psalter’) — 12th century, first half; French (?)

Shelfmark

MS. Douce 320

Date

12th century, first half

13th century, first half

Language

Anglo-Norman

Contents

Acquisition

Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834

Provenance

Francis Douce, 1757–1834

Title

The Rule of St. Benedict and a Psalter

Shelfmark

MS. Douce 320

Summary

Comprises:

(fol. 1) (first half of the 13th cent.) The Rule of St. Benedict, in French: beg. 'Hui commenca nostre sire seint Beneiet a doctriner et a amonnesteir nos': ends abruptly, some leaves having been lost, 'par les deiens par les', in the section about the prior

(fol. 37) The Psalter and (fol. 73v) (first half of the 12th cent. ?) Canticles, in French, accented for reading: beg. 'Beneurez li huem chi ne alat el conseil des feluns.' Facsimiles of part of fol. 37 are in the printed edition of this MS. by Francisque Michel (Oxf. 1860), and in Westwood's Palœographia Sacra Pictoria (1843-5): see also S. Berger, Bible Française (1884), p. 412. Douce has prefixed at fol. ii a glossary to this Psalter, and other notes, and fol. xx is stated to be a note by J. White, of Newgate St., London.

'In isto libro monasterii Montisburgi sunt Regula sancti Benedicti in gallico Psalterium in Gallico' (early 14th cent.; Montebourg is in Normandy). 'H. Powle. E. 13', late 17th cent.

Date

first half of 12th cent. (?)-first half of 13th cent.

Language

French

Physical facet

On parchment, with coloured capitals

Physical extent

78 Leaves