Old English homilies
MS. Junius 85
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Old English homilies
Shelfmark
MS. Junius 85
Summary
Old English homilies, wrongly inscribed 'pars psalterii greci', now in two volumes (second volume in MS. Junius 86)but originally in one, beginning abruptly with the conclusion of a homily being the last eight lines of no. xlix in Napier's Wulfstan..
Date
Written in the 11th century in England
Language
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Physical facet
On parchment, binding, white vellum on boards, 17th-cent. English work
Physical extent
35 Leaves
Custodial history
These two volumes (along with MS. Junius 86) were given (as MSS. Junius 25, 27) to Junius by Isaac Vossius, for proof of which see MS. Junius 45, fol. 9. Fol. 43v has a (? contemporary) note 'Teobaldus Ade de Richeborg', no doubt meaning Richborough in Kent, which is made likely by the linguistic characteristics of the text.
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Collection contents
Old English homilies
