Psalms and Athansian Creed with commentaries of Alexander Nequam
MS. Bodl. 284
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Psalms and Athansian Creed with commentaries of Alexander Nequam
Shelfmark
MS. Bodl. 284
Place of origin
English, Cirencester or Oxford(?)
Date
13th century, first quarter
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
iii + 308leaves
Decoration
Fine borders.
Fine historiated initials.
Binding
Modern style about A.D. 1840-50. About 1655 Langbaine describes the volume as 'holosericatus, nigro tegmine, bullis æreis munitus'.
Acquisition
Presented by Charles Howard, earl of Nottingham, in 1604.
Provenance
Cirencester, Gloucestershire, Augustinian abbey of St Mary the Virgin : "Cirencestrie" (fols. iii recto, 119r, 153r, 294r); s. xvi. ( MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).
Title in Leland's hand (?) (fol. iii recto), later than the "Cirencestrie" inscription. ( MLGB3)
It was owned by king Henry VIII , see MS Bodl. 218 (S.C. 2054) .
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