Poems, Medical recipes, The Siege of Jerusalem (Titus and Vespasian) — 15th century, third quarter (?); English
MS. Douce 78
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Poems, Medical recipes, The Siege of Jerusalem (Titus and Vespasian) — 15th century, third quarter (?); English
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 78
Date
15th century, third quarter (?)
Language
Middle English (1100-1500)
Contents
Form
codex
Support
paper
Physical extent
iv + 77leaves
Acquisition
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834
Provenance
With the armorial bookplate of Owen (Salusbury) Brereton (d. 1798).
Francis Douce, 1757–1834
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Title
Old English poems
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 78
Summary
Comprises:
(fol. 1) On Fortune and her wheel, with the refrain 'Leste that Fortune turne hure whele', or something similar: beg. (imperfect) 'ȝutte y se but fewe canne sece.'
(fol. 1v) Hymn to the Virgin, with the refrain 'Quia amore langueo', beg. 'In a tabernacle': ascribed to John Lydgate
(fol. 3) A Lament of the Virgin: beg. 'As reson rywlyde my rechyles mynde.'
(fol. 5) The Complaint of Christ: beg. 'This is Crystis owne complaynte.'
(fol. 7v) Medical recipes, in prose
(fol. 18) Poem, beg. 'O thou pereles Prynce of Peese.'
(fol. 19) Poem on the Battle of Jerusalem: beg. 'Lysteneth all that bethe a lyve': a leaf or more is lost after fol. 70, and the poem ends in the middle of fol. 71v, apparently unfinished, with 'Sere hereth nowe': and fols. 72-5 belong to the same poem: which was at one time ascribed to Adam Davy, and even Lydgate.
With the armorial bookplate of Owen (Salusbury) Brereton (d. 1798).
Date
written in the third quarter of the 15th cent. (?)
Language
English
Physical facet
On paper, imperfect
Physical extent
77 Leaves
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Collection contents
Old English poems
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Connections
People associated with this object
- Owen (Salusbury) Brereton (d. 1798)
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Douce, Francis, 1757-1834
