Smaragdus, Augustine (?) — c. 1100; England, Winchester, Nunnaminster
MS. Bodl. 451
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Smaragdus, Augustine (?) — c. 1100; England, Winchester, Nunnaminster
Shelfmark
MS. Bodl. 451
Place of origin
England, Winchester, Nunnaminster
Date
Early 14th century
1334
c. 1100
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
ii + 121 leaves
Decoration
Initials. 'Salva et incolomis maneat per secula scriptrix', fol. 119v
The colophon is in red Rustic Capitals, with decorative line fillers before and after the writing.
Binding
White leather on boards (15th century English work).
Acquisition
Given by Sir Wm. Billesby in 1605.
Provenance
Winchester, Hampshire, Abbey of St Mary the Virgin, of Benedictine nuns (Nunnaminster) (?). The term "scriptrix" in the Latin colophon (cited above) indicates that the scribe is a woman ("May this [female] scribe remain safe and saved for all time"; see P.R. Robinson"A Twelfth-century Scriptrix from Nunnaminster", p. 73). A note on fol. ii recto, written 1150 CE, apparently concerns especially St Edburga (1st abbess of Nunnaminster). Medieval binding: the pastedowns are from monastic accounts 1334 CE and include an item "pro petris de selborne" (for Selborne quarries and their use for bindings at Winchester in the Middle Ages see V. C. H. Hants., vol. 5). ( MLGB3: evidence from binding or pastedowns and from contents).
The name 'Goky' (13th century?) appears to be on fol. 118v, in a half erased sentence.
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