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Reference code
JCOL/Q/B/12
Title
Extracts from the constitutions of Clement V
Date(s)
- 1400-1450 (Partly palimpsest over double columns of a canon law ms. written in a small hand of 13-14C date. There is also a flyleaf from a 13C ms.) (Creation)
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Extent and medium
1 volume 9+ x 6 in., 64 ff.; 25 lines to a page vellum
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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
From Durham; given by Thomas Man, 1685. James says it was originally written at Durham College, Oxford. See the colophon for reference to Peter of Abingdon as a former owner..
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Scope and content
Extracts from the constitutions of Clement V', made up of "De summa trinitate et fide catholica R. Clemens vus" and "De rescript. R. - Abbates aut alii religiosi"; M. R. James's no. 29. Colophon: "Nomen scriptoris est thomas plenus amoris/ Iste liber constat Petro de Abyngdon/ Stephano". James notes that Thomas "plenus amoris", probably translatable as "Fullalove", is a name that commonly appears in Oxford mss.
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Microfilm available.