Lucian of Chester — Before 1200 (1194 (?)); English, Chester, Benedictine abbey of St Werburgh(?)
MS. Bodl. 672
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Lucian of Chester — Before 1200 (1194 (?)); English, Chester, Benedictine abbey of St Werburgh(?)
Shelfmark
MS. Bodl. 672
Place of origin
English, Chester, Benedictine abbey of St Werburgh(?)
Date
Before 1200 (1194 (?))
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
198 fols.
Decoration
Coloured initials.
Rubrics.
Binding
Whittawed leather over boards, c. 1200.
Acquisition
Presented by him to the Bodleian in 1601.
Provenance
Written before 1200: later entry modo hic sumus against that year in the paschal cycle. Probably written in 1194. Contemporary notes at the bottom of several pages provide dates which fit only the years 1195 and 1206, and M. V. Taylor argued that the book was used for preaching by a monk other than the author or scribe in the first half of 1195. On fol. 1v. is a paschal cycle of thirty years (1195–1224) which begins Annis triginta. prestum pasca. notaui hic: quibus elapsis. in compoto queratur. Incarnationis dominice. anno mº .cº .xcº .iiiiº. Rex ricardus uenit de alemannia. in media quadragesima. Internal evidence suggests the author was a monk of St Werburgh's abbey.
Rowland Asherus or Asserus, fol. 1, 16th century (?)
Late 16th century pen trial, fol. 125, Henry tully is the
Thomas Allen, -1632 (fols. 1, 2v).
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