Petrus de Alliaco, John of Garland, John Bridges — 15th century; English
MS. Douce 52
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Petrus de Alliaco, John of Garland, John Bridges — 15th century; English
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 52
Date
15th century
Language
Middle English (1100-1500)
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
i + 103 leaves
Hands
At least three hands: A, arts. 1-3; B, art. 4; C, arts. 5-9.
Decoration
Penwork (fols. 1r-25v)
Binding
Leather (?) over wooden boards, recovered (for Douce (?)) in green leather.
Acquisition
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834
Provenance
Francis Douce, 1757–1834
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Title
Proverbs and translations
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 52
Summary
Comprises:
(fol. 1) Latin hexameter proverbs or common places, arranged roughly in alphabetical order of subjects: beg. 'Ascensus . Virtutum gradibus scandunt celestia iusti': ends imperfect in 'Sciencia.'
(fol. 13) English proverbs with translations into Latin hexameters, arranged very roughly alphabetically, with some Latin proverbs: imperfect at beginning, beg. 'He that doth as can . blame hym no man . Non est culpandus faciens quod scit, sed amandus.'
(fol. 32) A short piece on Astronomy: beg. 'Post tractatum de ymagine mundi.'
(fol. 36) Colophon:-- 'Explicit communis loquela linguagij Latini secundum grammaticos', short sentences: beg. 'Auete, pater reuerende.'
(fol. 54a) A treatise on metres: beg. 'Ecce colorum subtilitas in arte versificandi': part of it is 'de metro Ymnarii.'
(fol. 77v) Colophon:'Explicit compilacio magistri Johannis de Brigges de arte dictandi': beg. 'In libro rethor[i]co notandum.'
(fol. 89) Colophon:'Explicit Tractatus de dictamine': beg. 'De dictaminis consequenter arte est breuiter dicendum. Primo videamus': this appears to be a form of Bernard de Meung's abridgement of the Ars dictaminis by Bernardus Sylvester (?).
Date
written in the 15th cent. in England, in at least three hands
Language
Latin
English
Physical facet
On parchment
Physical extent
103 Leaves
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Collection contents
Proverbs and translations
