Treatises by, or perhaps by, John Wycliff
MS. Douce 273
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Title
Treatises by, or perhaps by, John Wycliff
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 273
Summary
Comprises:
(fol. 1) 'These bene tho poyntus that worldely prelatis at tho suggestione of frerus putten on pore cristen men ...', with suggested answers to each of the twenty-five points. The table of points beg. 'The firste, that this pope Urban the sixte bereth not the strenght' (a leaf of the table is lost): text beg. '... Here Cristen men seyne pleynly.' This is by Wycliff, and perhaps bore the title ' Super impositis articulis.'
(fol. 37v) 'Tractatus de Regibus': beg. 'Sythen witte stondis not in langage', in thirteen chapters. This has never been attributed to Wycliffe, but is in his style: he wrote a Latin treatise de Officio Regis
(fol. 53v) ' Bonus tractatus de Septem peccatis mortalibus': beg. 'Seruaunt of Criste & his chirche, Sythen bileue techis vs that eueryche yuel': by Wycliff.
Date
written in the last quarter of the 14th cent.
Language
English
Physical facet
On parchment
Physical extent
96 Leaves
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Treatises by, or perhaps by, John Wycliff
