University of Pennsylvania, Oversize Ms. Codex 721

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS1623

Shelfmark:

Oversize Ms. Codex 721

Title:

Oculus sacerdotis.

Oculus sacerdotis

Author:

William, of Pagula, approximately 1290-1332

William of Pagula WIKIDATA

Place:

England

England TGN

Date:

[1390-1425]

fourteenth century (dates CE) AAT

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin, with a poem in Middle English

Latin WIKIDATA

Middle English WIKIDATA

Material:

parchment, color illustrations

Parchment AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 91 leaves : parchment, color illustrations ; 313 x 207 (249 x 150) mm bound to 323 x 209 mm

Former Owner(s):

Harmsworth, R. Leicester Sir, 1870-1937

Leicester Harmsworth WIKIDATA

Dewick, E. S. 1844-1917

Edward Samuel Dewick WIKIDATA

Note:

Ms. codex.
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).
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.
Origin: Written in England, probably between 1390-1425.
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.
Script: Written in an Anglicana formata script.
Sold by Raphael King, London, 1952.
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.

Keyword:

poems

manuals (instructional materials)

Manuscripts, Medieval

codices (bound manuscripts)

treatises

Handbooks and manuals

Manuscripts, Latin

English poetry

English poetry--Middle English

Pastoral theology--Catholic Church

Sacraments--Catholic Church

Confession--Catholic Church--Handbooks, manuals, etc--Early works to 1800

Confession--Catholic Church

Early works

Confession (Canon law)

Middle English, 1100-1500

Catholic Church

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9924875383503681

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https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p32j6856v/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania