Poor Caitiff — 15th century, early; English
MS. Douce 288
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Poor Caitiff — 15th century, early; English
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 288
Date
15th century, early
Language
Middle English (1100-1500)
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
ii + 85leaves
Acquisition
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834
Provenance
Francis Douce, 1757–1834
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Title
A 'tretice compiled of a Pore Caytif', often wrongly attributed to Wycliff
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 288
Summary
Including a commentary on:
(fol. 1v) the Apostles' Creed
(fol. 10) the 'Decem Mandata'
(fol. 39v) 'Expositio Orationis Dominice'
'Quedam deuote summe.'
These last are the treatises known by the titles (not here found, see MS no. 11934 for the English titles):
'Concilium Christi' (fol. 49v)
De patientia bona (fol. 52)
De tentatione (fol. 53v)
Diploma caeli (fol. 54)
De spirituali praelio (fol. 57v)
De nomine Jesu (fol. 63)
De amore Jesu (fol. 65v)
De vera mansuetudine (fol. 68v)
De effectu humanae voluntatis (fol. 70)
De vita activa et contemplativa (fol. 71)
Speculum castitatis (fol. 73)
Fol. 83 is torn, and bears 'Hus' (15th cent.), and later scribbling about Abchurch (co. Dorset ?) and Horley, co. Surrey.
Date
written early in the 15th cent.
Language
English
Physical facet
On parchment
Physical extent
85 Leaves
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Collection contents
A 'tretice compiled of a Pore Caytif', often wrongly attributed to Wycliff
