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Record Id:
032-002055503
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002055503
MDARK:
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ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 36984
Title:

THEOLOGICAL TRACTS, viz.:-

1. " Liber de exemplis sacre scripture compositus a fratre Nicolao de Hanapis, ordinis predicatorum, patriarcha Ierosolomitano " : a compilation several times printed (Lyons, 1559, etc.) under the true name of the author, the Dominican Nicholas de Hannapes, Patriarch of Jerusalem 1288-1291, and also falsely attributed, under the title Biblia Pauperuni, to St. Bonaventura (0pera, ed. Peltier, viii. p. 483). A table of capitula precedes, but the preface given in most of the editions is absent. Beg. " Creacio rerum fuit ita mirabilis quod eius noticia." f. 4.

2. " Incipit prologus in librum de victoria Christi contra Antichristum editum a fratre Hugone de Nouo Castro ordinis fratrum minorum " ; in two books. Printed, Nuremberg, 1471. For the author, High of Newcastle (fl. 1322), see Dict. Nat. Biog. A copy of the tract is noted 'by Bale (Index Brit. Ser., p. 172) at Queen's Coll., Oxford, but is Dot in Coxes catalogue. Preface beg. " Non sum propheta nec filius prophete. Humilis ille propheta Amos and text, " Quia non omnis noticia incipit a cognicione." f. 78.

3. " Tractatus pauperis contra insipientem nouellarum heresum confictorem contra euangelicam veritatem " (so colophon, the last leaf being re-written in a 15th-cent. hand): a tract in defence of the Franciscans against "tres libellos ignoti opificis unius uoluminis," not, as Martin (Peckham's Register, iii. p. xcviii.) asserts, the works of Guillaume de Saint Amour, but apparently the tract Contra adversarium perfectionis Christianae (of Gerard of Abbeville?); see Denifle, Chartul. Univ. Paris, i. p. 415. The name of the author, John Peckham (Archbishop of Canterbury 1279-1292), is given by MSS. at Oxford (Corpus Christi Coll. clxxxii.) aud Florence (see Dict. Nat. Biog.) ; and Bale (op. cit., p. 237) notes a copy at Queen's College, Oxford (not in Coxe). Preface be,-. " Quis dabit capiti meo (etc.). Consideranti mihi dierum istorum maliciam "; and text, " Perfectus omnis erit (etc.) Luce vi. Magister plane Christus." Ends, " Ownium triumphatore qui cum (etc.)." f. 106. The flyleaves are (a) Two leaves of a 14th cent. Breviary of English use (Salisbury modified ?), containing SS. Ciithberga and Giles and Nativity of the Virgin ; music not inserted. ff. 1, 144 ;-

(b) Two leaves of some collection (circ. 1300) of scholastic quaestiones, the subjects being De relaxationibus and De oratione. ff. 2, 3. Vellum; ff. 144. Late XIV. cent. Initials in red and blue. An erased inscription on f. 2, " . . . . theologie ordinis fratrum C . . . ." Other owners' names are " Liber magistri R[oberti] Blakwall unius magistrorum cancellarie " [1483-1504], f. 144;-

Antony Lowe (15th cent. ?), f. 2;- " Hic Liber constat Valentino

Leighe (16th cent. ?), f. 4 ;-" Bedford Library, the gift of Ralph Smith of Islip in the County of Oxford, Esq.," f. 2;-and bookstamp of the Bedford Library (sale-cat., lot 455). Wooden boards covered with vellum. 11 3/4 in. x 8 in.

Scope & Content:

includes:

  • ff. 1, 144 Liturgies LATIN: Fragment of Breviary, English use: 14th cent.
  • ff. 2, 3 Theology: Fragments of scholastic quaestiones: circ. 1300, 14th cent.: Lat.
  • f. 4 Nicholaus de Hannapis, Dominican: Liber de exemplis sacrae scripturae: 14th cent.
  • f. 4 Saint Bonaventura,; Cardinal-bishop of Albano: Works wrongly attributed to: 14th-15th centt.
  • f. 78 Hugo de Novo Castro, Franciscan: Liber de Victoria Christi contra Antichristum: 14th cent.: Lat.
  • f. 106 John Peckham, Archbishop of Canterbury: Tractatus pauperis contra insipientem: 14th cent.
  • f. 170 John Doughty, rector of Earsham, county Norfolk: Letter to Lord Yarmouth: 1681.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
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032-002055503
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 item
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Latin
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1360
End Date:
1399
Date Range:
Late 14th century
Era:
CE
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Custodial History:

Antony Lowe: Owned: 16th cent.

Valentine Leighe: Owned: 16th cent.

Robert Blackwall, Master in Chancery (1483-1504): Owned.

Bedford, Bedfordshire: The Literary Institute, late Bedfordfordshire General Library, owned: 19th cent.

Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Blackwall, Robert, Master in Chancery (1483-1504)
Bonaventure, Saint, born Giovanni di Fidanza; scholastic theologian, 1221-1274,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/000000045724994X
Doughty, John, of Earsham, clergyman, fl 1665-1702
Hugo de Novo Castro, Franciscan
Leighe, Valentine
Lowe, Antony
Nicholaus de Hannapis, Dominican
Peckham, John, Archbishop of Canterbury
Places:
Bedford, Bedfordshire