Dives et pauper - a treatise on the Decalogue, written in the first half of the 15th cent.
Beg. 'Diues et pauper obuiauerunt sibi ... Leue frende these wordis ben.' The first leaf of the table of chapters and the last leaf of the text are wanting, and a few leaves are injured (fols. 29, 90, 107, 221, etc.). The work is usually attributed to Henry Parker (d. 1470).
'Thomas Richardson' (17th cent.) is on fols. 70, 85v, 99, cf. 78.
Dates
- Creation: written in the first half of the 15th cent.
Extent
222 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 295
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 21869
Our best descriptions for medieval items in this collection are in Medieval Manuscripts in Oxford Libraries under MSS. Douce.
Physical Facet
On parchment, binding: red velvet, faded
Dimensions
10 3/4 × 7 3/8 in.
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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