Collections of John of London, monk of St. Augustine's Canterbury; English, late 13th century
MS. Bodl. 679
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Collections of John of London, monk of St. Augustine's Canterbury; English, late 13th century
Shelfmark
MS. Bodl. 679
Place of origin
English
Date
13th century, late
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Decoration
Illuminated capitals.
Musical notation
Notation on staves (see van Dijk 1957).
Acquisition
Presented by Thomas Twyne in 1612.
Provenance
Canterbury, Kent, Benedictine abbey of St Augustine (originally of St Peter and St Paul): "Collectiones Iohannis de London de librario monasterii sancti Augustini Cantuarie. Clemens Cantyrbury" (fol. ii verso), s. xv. (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).
Indexed etc. by Clemens Cantyrbury monachus. Described by a later hand, s. xvii, as "Librarius". (fol. ii verso) "S ... A". Late medieval foliation. Pastedowns from a service book, s. xii. 2 o folio: "de uero". (MLGB3)
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Connections
People associated with this object
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Gundissalinus, Dominicus, active 12th century
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Adelard, of Bath, approximately 1090-approximately 1160
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Grosseteste, Robert, 1175?-1253
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Johannes Sacrobosco, early 13th cent.
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Honorius, of Autun, approximately 1080-approximately 1156
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John of London, monk of St. Augustine's Canterbury, fl. c. 1290- c.1330
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Twyne, Thomas, 1543-1613
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William, of Conches, 1080-approximately 1150
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Canterbury, Clement, fl. 1463-95
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Peter of Blois, canon of Chartres and archdeacon of Dreux, late 12th cent.
