'... Summa Britonis', or Vocabularium Bibliae, a lexicon of difficult terms and the meaning of proper names in the Latin Bible, written in the 15th cent. in England by Ambrosius
Compiled by Gulielmus Brito: text beg. 'A litera in omnibus linguis': the prologue and epilogue are in leonine hexameters. At end of colophon 'quod frater Ambrosius', the scribe. [These last words are in a different hand from that of the book, but resemble the hand of the note relating to Amb. Kelle. E.W.B.N.].
'Iste libellus est fratris Ambrosij Kelle Sentenciarij & quondam cursoris sacratissime facultatis theologice in conuentu nostrorum fratrum Minorum Londoniensium' (late 15th cent. ?).
Dates
- Creation: written in the 15th cent. in England by Ambrosius
Extent
99 leaves, in double columns
Language of Materials
- Latin
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 239
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 21813
Our best descriptions for medieval items in this collection are in Medieval Manuscripts in Oxford Libraries under MSS. Douce.
Physical Facet
On parchment
Dimensions
6 7/8 × 4 7/8 in.
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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