MSS. Greaves

Greaves Manuscripts

Introduction

Thomas Greaves (1612-1676) was a fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford and became 'deputy professor of the Arabic lecture in the absence of Mr. Edward Pocock' in 1637. He took his BD in 1641 and DD in 1661, and held a succession of country rectories. The collection of 65 manuscripts and printed books, chiefly oriental, was purchased by the Library in 1678, but not all of it arrived.

Shelfmark	MS. Greaves 43
Summary Catalogue no.	3815
Summary of contents	William of Nassyngton, Speculum Vitae (imperfect).
Language	Middle English
Origin	English
Date	15th century
Material	parchment


Images
Catalogue image	Vol. 2 Part 2, p. 746

Shelfmark	MS. Greaves 51
Summary Catalogue no.	3823
Composite	two parts
Summary of contents	William of Waddington, Manuel des péchés. \|\| Passion of our Lady.
Language	French
Origin	English
Date	13th century, middle \|\| 14th century, early
Material	parchment


Images
Catalogue image	Vol. 2 Part 2, p. 747


Bibliography
1999

Ruth J. Dean (with Maureen B. M. Boulton), Anglo-Norman literature: a guide to texts and manuscripts (Anglo-Norman Text Society, Occasional Publications Series, No. 3), London 1999, nos. 635, 954 Bodleian shelfmark: BDH = R.

1990

Derek Pearsall, ed., Studies in the Vernon Manuscript, Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 1990, pp. 138, 157

Shelfmark	MS. Greaves 52
Summary Catalogue no.	3824
Summary of contents	Arms of the nobility and gentry of Scotland.
Language	English
Origin	Scottish
Date	c. 1542-1560
Material	paper

Decoration
Good miniatures (coloured drawings), and coats of arms. Written in the reign of Mary, queen of James V. (P&A iii. 1187)



Images
Catalogue image	Vol. 2 Part 2, p. 747
Manuscript image	fol. 10r James II (of Scotland), bearded, and wearing armour, with crown, sword and sceptre. With him is his wife, Mary of Gueldens. Her skirt bears a coat of arms (presumably her own), and she holds a thistle.

Shelfmark	MS. Greaves 53
Summary Catalogue no.	3825
Summary of contents	Theological distinctiones. Sermons. Bonaventure, Incendium amoris. William de Leicester, Distinctiones. Bernard of Clairvaux, Meditations ('Qualiter ymago trinitatis in nobis cognosci potest'). Treatise on the Seven Deadly Sins. Sermons for saints' days and festivals.
Language	Latin
Origin	English
Date	13th century, early
Material	parchment


Images
Catalogue image	Vol. 2 Part 2, p. 747
Catalogue image	Vol. 2 Part 2, p. 748

Shelfmark	MS. Greaves 54
Summary Catalogue no.	3826
Summary of contents	Thomas Watton, Speculum Christiani. Sermons. Gesta Romanorum (extracts). Moral stories.
Language	Middle English and Latin
Origin	English
Date	15th century
Material	parchment


Images
Catalogue image	Vol. 2 Part 2, p. 748
Manuscript image	fol. 33v-34r Text pages.


Bibliography
2000

H. L. Spencer, 'Middle English Sermons', in The Sermon, ed. Beverly Mayne Kienzle (Typologie des sources du moyen age occidental, fasc. 81-3), Turnhout: Brepols, 2000, pp. 597-660, 992-4, at p. 613

1998

Alan J. Fletcher, Preaching, Politics and Poetry in Late-Medieval England, Dublin: Four Courts Press, 1998, p. 237 n. 13

1997

The Index of Middle English Prose, Handlist XII, Smaller Bodleian collections: English miscellaneous, English poetry, English theology, Finch, Latin theology, Lyell, Radcliffe Trust, ed. Ralph Hanna III, Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 1997, p. 29 [fols. 1-24] Bodleian shelfmark: BDH = R

1993

H. Leith Spencer, English Preaching in the Late Middle Ages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1993, pp. 177, 183-4, 315-6, 396 n. 39 Bodleian shelfmark: BDH = R

Shelfmark	MS. Greaves 55
Summary Catalogue no.	3827
Summary of contents	Fulcher of Chartres, Itinerarium (imperfect). Sermons by Peter Lombard, Peter Comestor, and others.
Language	Latin
Origin	English
Date	13th century, early
Material	parchment


Images
Catalogue image	Vol. 2 Part 2, p. 748

Shelfmark	MS. Greaves 56
Summary Catalogue no.	3828
Summary of contents	Medical treatise based on Copho, Modus medendi. Herbal.
Language	Latin and English
Origin	English
Date	15th century
Material	parchment, paper


Images
Catalogue image	Vol. 2 Part 2, p. 748
Catalogue image	Vol. 2 Part 2, p. 749

Shelfmark	MS. Greaves 57
Summary Catalogue no.	3829
Summary of contents	John Mirk, Manuale sacerdotis.
Language	Middle English
Origin	English
Date	15th century
Material	paper


Images
Catalogue image	Vol. 2 Part 2, p. 749

Shelfmark	MS. Greaves 61
Summary Catalogue no.	3833
Summary of contents	Never received. See introduction to Greaves manuscripts in Summary Catalogue, vol. II, part II, p. 744.

LwM 08 July 2011