A 'tretice compiled of a Pore Caytif', often wrongly attributed to Wycliff, written early in the 15th cent.
Including a commentary on:
- (fol. 1v) the Apostles' Creed
- (fol. 10) the 'Decem Mandata'
- (fol. 39v) 'Expositio Orationis Dominice'
- 'Quedam deuote summe.'
These last are the treatises known by the titles (not here found, see MS no. 11934 for the English titles):
- 'Concilium Christi' (fol. 49v)
- De patientia bona (fol. 52)
- De tentatione (fol. 53v)
- Diploma caeli (fol. 54)
- De spirituali praelio (fol. 57v)
- De nomine Jesu (fol. 63)
- De amore Jesu (fol. 65v)
- De vera mansuetudine (fol. 68v)
- De effectu humanae voluntatis (fol. 70)
- De vita activa et contemplativa (fol. 71)
- 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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