'to Gy of warwyck': the treatise usually, ascribed to Richard Rolle in English verse, written in the first half of the 15th cent.
At end:-- 'Explicit tractatus qui dicitur Stimulus conscientie. Here endeth the treatys that ys called the Prykke of Consciense . [then, in red:--] Here endeth the sermon . that a clerk made that was clepyd alquim .
Several small pieces in verse follow, some of which are ascribed to John Lydgate:
- (fol. 130) a commentary on the Lord's Prayer, beg. 'God of heuene that syttest in trone': with a prose exhortation to godliness, beg. 'Hyt was an holy man', fol. 138
- (fol. 139) '... The abbaye of the Holi Gost & of good conscience ...'
- (fol. 145) a paraphrase of the 51st Psalm: beg. 'Mercy, God, of my mysdede'
- (fol. 148) 'Cantus amoris', beg. 'Jesu thi swetnes who myzte hit se.'.
The whole of the text is interleaved with blank paper. 153 leaves, not counting the interleaves.
Dates
- Creation: written in the first half of the 15th cent.
Extent
153 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 141
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 21715
Our best descriptions for medieval items in this collection are in Medieval Manuscripts in Oxford Libraries under MSS. Douce.
Custodial History
Owned by Joseph Haslewood whose armorial bookplate in white and gold is in the volume: his description of the Stimulus Conscientiae (Gent. Mag. xcvii. ii. 216, signed 'Eu. Hood') is pasted in.
Physical Facet
On parchment
Dimensions
10 × 6 3/4 in.
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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