Augustine, etc.; England (Robertsbridge), 13th century, second half
MS. Bodl. 132
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Augustine, etc.; England (Robertsbridge), 13th century, second half
Shelfmark
MS. Bodl. 132
Place of origin
English, Robertsbridge, Cistercian abbey
Date
13th century, second half
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
iii + 229 leaves
Hands
Hunc librum scripsit frater Willelmus de Wodecherche, laicus quondam conversus Pontis Roberti. Cuius anima in pace requiescat. Amen (fol. 228)
Decoration
Illuminated capitals.
Binding
White leather on boards; clasps and title (under talc?) on side lost, 13th cent. (?) English work, with hump to protect the chain-clamp; there was once a large sheepskin cover over it
Acquisition
Presented by the dean and canons of Windsor in 1612: with library mark.
Provenance
Robertsbridge, Cistercian abbey: 'Liber sancte Marie de Ponte Roberti. Qui eum abstulerit aut uendiderit uel quolibet modo ab hac domo alienauerit uel quamlibet eius partem absciderit, sit Anathema. Maranatha. Amen,' 13th cent.
Half-erased entries on fol. i show that the volume was a cautio in some chest on Dec. 22, 1321, in the Cista Universitatis on March 16, 1323/4, and again on Feb. 1, 1332/3, probably at Oxford.
'Ego Johannes [de Grandison] Exoniensis episcopus nescio vbi est domus predicta. nec hunc librum abstuli. set modo legittimo adquisiui,' about 1350, see his hand at fols. 57v, 132v, etc.
Windsor, collegiate chapel. Pressmark "B G[?]" at head of fol. 1r. (MLGB3)
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