English poetry and prose, 15th century
- Peter Idley, Instructions to his Son (bk. ii)
- Cursor Mundi
- Vegetius, De re militari (English translation by John Walton)
- John Lydgate, Siege of Thebes
- Ps.-Aristotle, Secreta secretorum (English tr. by John Lydgate and Benedict Burgh)
- Geoffrey Chaucer , The Parliament of Fowls
Dates
- Creation: 15th century
Extent
289 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Misc. 416
Arrangement
Originally arranged and housed in 1641 at the Bodleian in Duke Humfrey’s Library, Selden End, compartment as ‘K 53’, see Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. II, p. 14
Other Finding Aids
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. II, no. 1479
Henry O. Coxe, Catalogi codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Bodleianae pars secunda codices Latinos et Miscellaneous Laudianos complectens (Oxford, 1885, reprinted in 1973, with numerous corrections and additions, and an historical introduction by R.W. Hunt), Misc. no. 416
Custodial History
Owned by 'syster Ann Colville'? Manuscript 2059 acquired by the Bodleian Library
Physical Facet
15th century boards, resewn and recovered
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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