Bede — 8th century, second half; English, Wearmouth-Jarrow
MS. Bodl. 819
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Bede — 8th century, second half; English, Wearmouth-Jarrow
Shelfmark
MS. Bodl. 819
Place of origin
English, Wearmouth-Jarrow
Date
8th century, second half
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Decoration
Good initials. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 8, pl. I)
Acquisition
Presented by sir Walter Cope in 1602.
Provenance
Durham, Benedictine cathedral priory of St Cuthbert: For the evidence that this MS. was at Durham in s. xii (and presumably at Chester-le-Street in s. x) see Julian Brown's introduction to the facs. ed. of the Lindisfarne Gospels. (MLGB3: evidence from the style of script or illumination).
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