Bede — 12th century, first half; England or France
MS. Bodl. 479
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Bede — 12th century, first half; England or France
Shelfmark
MS. Bodl. 479
Place of origin
England or France
Date
12th century, first half
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
ii + 75 leaves
Binding
Stamped white sheepskin (about 1602) on older sewing.
Acquisition
Presented by the dean and chapter of Exeter in 1602.
Provenance
For date and origin see R. Gameson, 'The origin of the Exeter book of Old English poetry', Anglo-Saxon England 25 (1996), 157.
'Liber Clerobaldi,' about a.d. 1200 (?): identified by F. Rose-Troup ( Exeter Vignettes (1942) 9–19) as Clarembald (d. 1130 × 1133).
Exeter Cathedral: identifiable in the catalogues of 1327 and 1506 (G. Oliver, Lives of the Bishops of Exeter (1861), pp. 303, 371), and see by Leland (MLGB).
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