Johannes de Freiburg — 14th century, beginning; France
MS. Bodl. 299
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Johannes de Freiburg — 14th century, beginning; France
Shelfmark
MS. Bodl. 299
Place of origin
France
Date
14th century, beginning
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
322 leaves
Decoration
Fine borders
Historiated initials
Initials
Binding
Brown leather with plain tooling (late 16th century) over older sewing and boards
Acquisition
Presented by Sir Walter Copein 1602. Cope's number "82" is at the head of fol. 1r ( MLGB3)
Provenance
Canterbury, Kent, Benedictine abbey of St Augustine (originally of St Peter and St Paul): (inner front board) 'Summa uel compilacio que uocatur Summa confessorum de hiis que pertinent ad forum animarum fratris Willelmi de Biholte quondam prioris sancti Augustini Cantuarie'. Then after an erased sentence, is the pressmark: 'De librario sancti Augustini Cantuarie ... Distinccione X Gradu I' (s. xiv) ( MLGB3); see M. R. James's Ancient Libraries of Canterbury(1903), p. 404, where the catalogue states that there is 'in eodem libro Glossa Hostiensis super Decretales de celinus (?)'
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