Materials for Franciscan use

Description

15th-century table of contents inside the front cover. Written in German cursive book script. Principal contents: manual for Franciscan friars with various texts, including ff. 1r-111r Topics providing material for preaching, arranged alphabetically; ff. 120r-168r Miscellaneous texts, including detailed lists of rubrics relating to the Decretals and the Codex of Justinian, privileges pertaining to the Franciscans, and a legal opinion as to whether they are able to inherit property. From the library of Lord Brotherton. See for a fuller description: N. R. Ker, Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries, vol. 3 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1983) pp. 65-67. See also: J. A. Symington, The Brotherton Collection: a Catalogue of Ancient Manuscripts and Early Printed Books Collected by Edward Allen Baron Brotherton of Wakefield (Leeds, 1931), pp. 4-5.

Metadata

Identifier cq7dt25l
IRN 372708
Class Mark BC MS 103
Level Item
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/cq7dt25l
Collection(s) Medieval Manuscripts
Category Archive Print
Parent Record Medieval Manuscripts (Brotherton Collection)
Date [ca. 1440-1460]
Size and Medium 1 v. (i, 177 leaves) (mainly 2 columns, 30-33 lines)

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