Seneca, Ps.-Paul, Ps.-Seneca, Augustine — late 12th/early 13th century; Northern France

Title

Seneca, Ps.-Paul, Ps.-Seneca, Augustine — late 12th/early 13th century; Northern France

Shelfmark

Brasenose College MS. 13

Place of origin

Northern France

Date

late 12th/early 13th century

Language

Latin

Contents

Form

codex

Support

Parchment; 191 leaves including 2 flyleaves (the whole incorrectly foliated)

Hands

Written in dark brown ink by various hands

Decoration

Decoration, including several very large initials, in red and blue, four of which are touched in gold (two each on fol. 56r. and fol.134r)

Binding

18th/19th century calf over boards; blind tooled panel design.

Provenance

Convent of Austin Friars, Droitwich. MLGB3: 'An inscription s.xiv on fol. Iii verso has been read no doubt correctly as "Iste est liber [fratrum] Iohannis [Dentone senioris et iunioris ordinis] sancti augustini conuentus [Wichie] in quo contintentur …" but the bracketed words are not now quite certainly legible by uv light, as a reagent has been used.

"Was a caucio in the ... chest a.d. 13r [?]" (nearly legible inscription on fol. iii recto.')

Given by William Smith (or Smyth), founder of Brasenose College. Manuscript inscription on folio '2': Liber Aule regie & Collegij de Brasenose Ex dono Gul. Smith.