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Title

Oculus sacerdotis

Authors

• William, of Pagula, ca. 1290-1332

Other related names

• Dewick, E. S. 1844-1917, former owner
• Harmsworth, R. Leicester Sir, 1870-1937, former owner

Call number

Oversize Ms. Codex 721
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9924875383503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63615212
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/2487538

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Latin, with a poem in Middle English

Origin

Date

1390-1425

Place

England

Summary

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).

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch).
   
• Hic incipit prima pars libri oculi sacerdotis. Ignorantia sacerdotum populum decipit ... (f. 1r).
   
• 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).
   

Extent

91 leaves : 313 x 207 (249 x 150) mm. bound to 323 x 209 mm

Foliation

Parchment, iv (modern paper) + 91 + iv (modern paper); [1-91]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.

Support

Parchment

Binding

Blue morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe.

Layout

Written in 2 columns of 51-54 lines; ruled in ink; prickings visible.

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.

Script

Written in an Anglicana formata script.

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.
   

Subjects topical

• Confession--Catholic Church--Handbooks, manuals, etc.--Early works to 1800
• Confession (Canon law)
• Pastoral theology--Catholic Church--Early works to 1800
• Sacraments--Catholic Church--Early works to 1800
• English poetry--Middle English, 1100-1500

Genres

• Codices
• Poems
• Manuals (instructional materials)
• Treatises
• Manuscripts, Latin--15th century
• Manuscripts, Medieval

Keywords

• 15th century
• Christian
• England
• Literature -- Poetry
• Theology
• Instructional materials

Licenses

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Table of contents

• fol. 1r — [Part 1], f. 1r
• fol. 34v — [Part 2], f. 34v
• fol. 63r — [Part 3], f. 63r
• fol. 91v — Middle English poem, f. 91v
• fol. 91v — Latin sententiae, f. 91v

Decorations

• fol. 1r — Puzzle initial, Initial I, f. 1r
• fol. 34v — Penwork initial, Initial C, f. 34v
• fol. 63r — Penwork initial, Initial M, f. 63r