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A 'tretice compiled of a Pore Caytif', often wrongly attributed to Wycliff, written early in the 15th cent.

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MS. Douce 288
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Including a commentary on:

  1. (fol. 1v) the Apostles' Creed
  2. (fol. 10) the 'Decem Mandata'
  3. (fol. 39v) 'Expositio Orationis Dominice'
  4. 'Quedam deuote summe.'

These last are the treatises known by the titles (not here found, see MS no. 11934 for the English titles):

  1. 'Concilium Christi' (fol. 49v)
  2. De patientia bona (fol. 52)
  3. De tentatione (fol. 53v)
  4. Diploma caeli (fol. 54)
  5. De spirituali praelio (fol. 57v)
  6. De nomine Jesu (fol. 63)
  7. De amore Jesu (fol. 65v)
  8. De vera mansuetudine (fol. 68v)
  9. De effectu humanae voluntatis (fol. 70)
  10. De vita activa et contemplativa (fol. 71)
  11. Speculum castitatis (fol. 73)

Fol. 83 is torn, and bears 'Hus' (15th cent.), and later scribbling about Abchurch (co. Dorset ?) and Horley, co. Surrey.

Dates

  • Creation: written early in the 15th cent.

Extent

85 Leaves

Language of Materials

  • English

Shelfmark

MS. Douce 288

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 21862

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

Physical Facet

On parchment

Dimensions

8 × 5 5/8 in.

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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