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[Oculus sacerdotis]

Available Online: https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p32j6856v
Title: [Oculus sacerdotis]
Name: William, of Pagula, approximately 1290-1332
Date: 1390
Item Type: Text
Physical Format: Codices, Poems, Manuals (instructional materials), Treatises, Manuscripts, Latin, Manuscripts, Medieval, Handbooks and manuals, manuscripts (documents)
Description: The Oculus sacerdotis in three parts: prima pars (discussion of the sacraments, beginning with baptism, also known as the sinistra pars oculi, f. 1r-34r); liber secundus, (discussion of confession, known as the pars oculi, f. 34v-63r); and tertia pars (on the education of the laity concerning the sacraments, commandments, sins, virtues, etc., known as the dextera pars oculi, f. 63r-91r); with a poem, "Erthe oute of erth," in Middle English, and sententiae in Latin in a later hand on f. 91v. Sententiae: 1. Da tua dum tua sunt post mortem tunc tua non sunt (no. 4861 in Walter). -- 2. Post mortis morsum vertit dilectio dorsum / Ffinita vita finit amicus ita (no. 22027 in Walter) -- 3. Qui non wlt dum quit cum vellet forte nequibit (no. 24417 in Walter).
Extent: 91 leaves : parchment, color illustrations ; 313 x 207 (249 x 150) mm bound to 323 x 209 mm
Language: Latin
Coverage: Early works to 1800, Middle English, 1100-1500
Note: Ms. codex., Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch)., Hic incipit prima pars libri oculi sacerdotis. Ignorantia sacerdotum populum decipit ... (f. 1r)., Foliation: Parchment, iv (modern paper) + 91 + iv (modern paper); [1-91]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto., Layout: Written in 2 columns of 51-54 lines; ruled in ink; prickings visible., Script: Written in an Anglicana formata script., Decoration: 17-line red and blue puzzle initial with red penwork ornamentation (f. 1r); 2-line, 3-line, and 6-line initials in blue with red penwork ornamentation throughout; rubricated headings and paragraph markers., Binding: Blue morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe., Origin: Written in England, probably between 1390-1425., The name Hamond or Ramond Johannes appears at the end of the poem and sententiae in a contemporary hand in the right hand margin (f. 91v)., Latin, with a poem in Middle English.
Relation: Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p32j6856v
Subject: Confession -- Catholic Church -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. -- Early works to 1800, Confession (Canon law), Pastoral theology -- Catholic Church -- Early works to 1800, Pastoral theology -- Catholic Church, Sacraments -- Catholic Church -- Early works to 1800, Sacraments -- Catholic Church, English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500, English poetry, English poetry -- Middle English, Confession -- Catholic Church
Physical Location: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize Ms. Codex 721
Provenance: Sold in the collection of E. S. Dewick at auction at Sotheby's, 17 Oct. 1918, lot 108., Sold in the collection of Sir Robert Leicester Harmsworth at auction at Sotheby's, 15 Oct. 1945, lot 2053., Sold by Raphael King, London, 1952., Dewick, E. S. 1844-1917, former owner., Harmsworth, R. Leicester Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Rights: https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Bibnumber: 9924875383503681

IIIF manifest: https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p32j6856v/manifest

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