Geoffrey of Monmouth, Michael of Cornwall — 13th century, end; English | Manuscripts and Archives at Oxford University

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Title

Geoffrey of Monmouth, Michael of Cornwall — 13th century, end; English

Shelfmark

MS. Bodl. 233

Place of origin

English

Date

15th century, early

13th century, end

Language

Latin

Anglo-Norman

Geoffrey of Monmouth Historia regum Britanniae

(fol. 105) Livere de reis de Brittanie

(fol. 105) Incipit: Henrici primi fuerat

(fol. 106) Cognomina conquisitorum Angliae

The early additions (before 1350) are numerous and of some interest, being partly Goliardic (fol. iii, etc.), but cannot be well summarized: among them are:

(fol. iii) Part of a discourse on tithes

(fol. iii) Incipit: Guliardus vituperans cibum ... sic ait, Est acer hic potus ...

(fols. iiiv, 107) Moral notes

(fol. ivr) Incipit: Crux cara christicolis

(fols. v, 105) Some prophecies, partly from Merlin

(fol. 105v) Note about the Convent of Ely

(fol. 107) Michael of Cornwall Verses

(fol. 107v) Historical notes

On fol. i are legal proceedings in the 15th cent. and on fol. iiiv some Versus retrogradi.

MS. Bodl. 233 - endleaves (fols. 108–109)

Noted choir breviary, Use of Sarum

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Physical extent

vi + 109 leaves

Decoration

Penwork.

Acquisition

Presented by Barlow to the Library in 1606. His initials and mark are on f. i.

Provenance

'1583. Ranulphi Barlow liber ex dono Petri Addished'

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