Walter Map, De nugis curialium; Latin poetry; Piers Plowman (Z- and C-texts)
by monk of Ramsey Dodsthorp, active 13th century Gauterus de Wymburnia, of Bridlington John, William Langland, Walter Map, Cancellarius Philippus, Michael le Poter, Benedictine Abbey Ramsey, Cuthbert Ridley, Blesensis Vitalis, John Wells & Nigellus Wireker
- First published:
- 14th century
- Languages: English, French, Latin
- Content type: ManuscriptPrimary source
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A manuscript of several sections: three (fols. 7-77, 78-123, 124-139) from the late 14th or early 15th century, essentially uniform in decoration, and with common scribes; supplemented in the 15th century by fols. 140-208, and with additions (fols. 1-6 and elsewhere) by 'Dodsthorp' and another contemporary scribe made at Ramsey Abbey at some point after 1405. The front pastedown is a fragment of a 15th-century (?) Ramsey abbey account: John Alb... reeve, William atte Cros late reeve; tenants include William atte Castel, Ralph Freman. Walter Map, De nugis curialium; Latin poetry; Piers Plowman (Z- and C-texts)
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| Edition | Date | Publisher | Language | ISBN | Access | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Digital Bodleian digitized manuscript 16th(?)-century binding of plain brown leather over pasteboards; rebacked.; Digital Bodleian completeness: complete; 426 digitized image(s); ff. 207 (6 + 71 + 46 + 16 + 68) + 2.; Parchment; Shelfmark: Bodleian Library MS. Bodl. 851 | 14th century, late, or 15th century, early, with additions | — | English, French, Latin | — | Public reader |
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Cataloging notes
- Bodleian shelfmark: Bodleian Library MS. Bodl. 851
- Collection: Western Medieval Manuscripts
- Holding institution: Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
- Record origin: Description by Matthew Holford, September 2021, building on the description by Rebecca Farnham (for Manuscripts of the West Midlands, University of Birmingham, March 2004) and indebted to the description by A. G. Rigg (1994). Previously described in the Summary Catalogue (1922).
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