Religious treatises, Synodal statutes — 15th century, late; French
MS. Douce 263
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Religious treatises, Synodal statutes — 15th century, late; French
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 263
Associated place
Cambrai
Date
15th century, late
Language
Latin
Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)
Contents
Form
codex
Support
paper
Physical extent
ii + 79leaves
Acquisition
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834
Provenance
Francis Douce, 1757–1834
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Title
Theological pieces
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 263
Summary
Comprises:
(fol. 1) 'Modus viuendi': beg. 'Ad nobiles': a treatise pointing out the duties of different classes of society
(fol. 2) 'Modus confitendi circa Jeronimum', beg. 'Sacerdos igitur.'
(fol. 8) ' Speculum ecclesie': beg. 'Si quis vult scire': a manual of the method of conducting the Mass and other services
(fol. 40) 'Summa de modo Confitendi', the verses beginning Poeniteas cito with prose commentary. At end ' I. Rotondocampo.'
(fol. 51) 'Hec que sequuntur sunt communiora & magis necessaria extracta a statutis sinodalibus ...', in French: beg. 'Il nous est commandet de par notre souuerain monsieur de Cambray', words which show connexion with the diocese of Cambrai. At fol. 59v follow some Latin notanda about the duties of priests in various services. On fol. 75v a 16th cent. hand has added a distich supposed to be uttered by a bell: beg. 'Laudo Deum.'.
Date
written late in the 15th cent. in France
Language
Latin
French
Physical facet
On paper
Physical extent
79 Leaves
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Collection contents
Theological pieces
