Nicholas Love — 15th century; English
MS. Bodl. 634
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Nicholas Love — 15th century; English
Shelfmark
MS. Bodl. 634
Place of origin
English
Date
15th century
Language
Middle English (1100-1500)
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Decoration
Illuminated capitals.
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Title
'The contemplacion of the blessud lif of our lorde Ihesu', or Speculum Vitae Christi, a translation and adaptation of Bonaventura's treatise
Shelfmark
MS. Bodl. 634
Summary
'The contemplacion of the blessud lif of our lorde Ihesu', or Speculum Vitae Christi, a translation and adaptation of Bonaventura's treatise, made, as MS. Brasenose College 9 attests, by Nicholas Love prior of the Carthusian monastery of Mount Grace of Ingleby, Yorkshire (appointed prior in 1410).
The present MS. wants the first five and part of the sixth chapter (out of sixty-three), beginning at 'that cleped the euer-lastyng temple of pees'; the above title is from the long colophon, which explains the relation of the work to Bonaventura's, and that it is written 'to confusion of all false Lollardes and heretikes.'
At fol. 76 follow a 'short tretes of the ... sacrament of Cristes blessed Body and of the merueilles ther of': beg. 'Memoriam fecit mirabilium suorum ... Cap. lxiiij. Thes wordes of Dauid in the Sawter', but fol. 77 (the last) is much injured, and ends with 'makethe and worchethe therynne specially', some leaves being lost. This 'short tretes' is in some sense a part of the preceding work.
Date
written in the 15th century in England
Language
English
Physical facet
On parchment, with illuminated capitals, etc., imperfect
Physical extent
79 Leaves
Custodial history
'William Ing', 'Mary Ing', 'Elezebeth Clark' (late 17th century?) are written on fols. 28v, 45v.
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Collection contents
'The contemplacion of the blessud lif of our lorde Ihesu', or Speculum Vitae Christi, a translation and adaptation of Bonaventura's treatise
