The Prick of Conscience, Religious poems and treatises — 15th century, first half; English
MS. Douce 141
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
The Prick of Conscience, Religious poems and treatises — 15th century, first half; English
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 141
Date
15th century, first half
Language
Middle English (1100-1500)
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
v + 153leaves, not counting the interleaves
Decoration
Penwork.
Acquisition
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834
Provenance
Owned by Joseph Haslewood whose armorial bookplate in white and gold is in the volume: his description of the Stimulus Conscientiae (Gent. Mag. xcvii. ii. 216, signed 'Eu. Hood') is pasted in.
Francis Douce, 1757–1834
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Title
'to Gy of warwyck': the treatise usually, ascribed to Richard Rolle in English verse
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 141
Summary
At end:-- 'Explicit tractatus qui dicitur Stimulus conscientie. Here endeth the treatys that ys called the Prykke of Consciense . [then, in red:--] Here endeth the sermon . that a clerk made that was clepyd alquim .
Several small pieces in verse follow, some of which are ascribed to John Lydgate:
(fol. 130) a commentary on the Lord's Prayer, beg. 'God of heuene that syttest in trone': with a prose exhortation to godliness, beg. 'Hyt was an holy man', fol. 138
(fol. 139) '... The abbaye of the Holi Gost & of good conscience ...'
(fol. 145) a paraphrase of the 51st Psalm: beg. 'Mercy, God, of my mysdede'
(fol. 148) 'Cantus amoris', beg. 'Jesu thi swetnes who myzte hit se.'.
The whole of the text is interleaved with blank paper. 153 leaves, not counting the interleaves.
Date
written in the first half of the 15th cent.
Language
English
Physical facet
On parchment
Physical extent
153 Leaves
Custodial history
Owned by Joseph Haslewood whose armorial bookplate in white and gold is in the volume: his description of the Stimulus Conscientiae (Gent. Mag. xcvii. ii. 216, signed 'Eu. Hood') is pasted in.
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Collection contents
'to Gy of warwyck': the treatise usually, ascribed to Richard Rolle in English verse
