Proverbs and translations, written in the 15th cent. in England, in at least three hands

File

MS. Douce 52

Held at the Weston Library

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 (?).

Dates

103 Leaves

MS. Douce 52

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 21626

Our best descriptions for medieval items in this collection are in Medieval Manuscripts in Oxford Libraries under MSS. Douce.

On parchment

5 7/8 × 4 1/2 in.

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