Prudentius; England, before 1072
MS. Auct. F. 3. 6
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Prudentius; England, before 1072
Shelfmark
MS. Auct. F. 3. 6
Place of origin
English
Date
11th century (before 1072)
Language
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
ii + 193 + iv fols.
Hands
Two scribes: (i) fols. ii-iii verso, 2–88v, 111–93v (ii) fols. 89–110v.
Decoration
Coloured initials, rubrics (some in minium).
Musical notation
Neums.
Acquisition
"Probably presented by the dean and chapter of Exeter in 1602, although there seems to be no trace of it in Bodleian records till 1620."
Provenance
Given to Exeter cathedral by Leofric, bishop 1046–72: 'Hunc librum dat leofricus episeopus ęcclesię sancti petri apostoli in exonia ad sedem suam episcopalem pro remedio animę suę ad utilitatem successorum suorum Siquis autem ilium inde abstulerit perpetuęe; maledictioni subiaceat Fiat', with a similar record in Old English, fol. iii verso. At the time of the gift the volume was probably in three parts (foll. 2-88, 89-110, 111-end), see the list of the gifts, printed from no. 2719 in Warren's edition of the Leofric Missal (1883), p. xxiii.
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