Bks. 2, 3 and 4 of the Spiritual Graces of Mathildis von Hackeborn, a mystic, in Dutch, written in the 15th cent.
Book 2 beg. 'Dit is dat ... [tweede erased ?] boeck van Mechteldis Revelacie ... Op enen saterdach': at fol. 58 the name of the treatise is given as 'dat boec der gheesteliker Gracien'.
Bk. 3 begins on fol. 59, bk. 4 on fol. 129v.
Fols. 197-203 are in a different hand.
Fols. i--ii are a parchment fragment of a Latin 14th cent. antiphoner (?): on fol. iiv is a 16th cent. print of the revelation to Mathildis (?).
'Dit boec hoert tot ... besloten susteren van Onser Vrouwen in dai Wijngaerte Utrecht' (15th cent.).
Dates
- Creation: written in the 15th cent.
Extent
204 Leaves
Language of Materials
- Dutch; Flemish
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 44
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. IV, no 21618
Our best descriptions for medieval items in this collection are in Medieval Manuscripts in Oxford Libraries under MSS. Douce.
Dimensions
5 5/8 × 4 1/4 in.
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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