Bede, Ivo of Chartres, Justinian — 12th century, second quarter; English, Canterbury, Christ Church
MS. Bodl. 160
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Bede, Ivo of Chartres, Justinian — 12th century, second quarter; English, Canterbury, Christ Church
Shelfmark
MS. Bodl. 160
Place of origin
English, Canterbury, Christ Church
Date
12th century, second quarter
13th century
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
iv + 90 leaves
Hands
'Christ Church hand on fols. iii recto, iv recto, 1r–51r, 61r–66r, 71r–; continental hand on fols. 67r–71r. Numerous Canterbury marks in the margins. Fols. 1r–51r are probably in the same hand as Campbell Ch. xxi. 6 (A. D. 1123).' (MLGB)
Decoration
Fine and good initials. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 94, pl. IX)
Binding
Stamped leather on boards, clasp lost, Canterbury work of 1508. In a green baize cover. There are remains of a chain fastening.
Acquisition
Presented by Abraham, Isaac and Jacob Colfe in 1616.
Provenance
Christ Church, Canterbury: no. 88 in dr. James's Ancient Libraries of Canterbury (1903) and no. 124 in the Canterbury binding list of 1508 (ibid., p. 157).
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