Isidore — 10th century, second half; additions, 11th century, first half; English, probably south-west (Gneuss & Lapidge), Exeter(according to Pächt and Alexander)
MS. Bodl. 319
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Isidore — 10th century, second half; additions, 11th century, first half; English, probably south-west (Gneuss & Lapidge), Exeter(according to Pächt and Alexander)
Shelfmark
MS. Bodl. 319
Place of origin
English, probably south-west (Gneuss & Lapidge), Exeter(according to Pächt and Alexander)
Date
10th century, second half; additions, 11th century, first half
Language
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
iv + 80leaves
Decoration
Initials. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 27)
Binding
Stamped white sheepskin (about 1602) on older sewing and boards, worn and rebacked.
Acquisition
Presented by the Dean and chapter of Exeter, 1602.
Provenance
At the top of fol. 1 is a title in a 13th cent. hand, 'Liber de miraculis Christi'.
Exeter, Devon, Cathedral church of St Peter: Inscription gone. Probably given by Leofric: Exeter Book, p. 28f., and N.R. Ker in Medium Ævum, 2 (1933), p. 230 (MLGB3: inferred evidence).
Medieval catalogues: G. Oliver, Lives of the Bishops of Exeter (London, 1861), pp. 303, 367.(MLGB3: inferred evidence).
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