Usuardus — Multiple dates; English, Shrewsbury, collegiate church of St Chad
MS. Rawl. D. 1225
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Usuardus — Multiple dates; English, Shrewsbury, collegiate church of St Chad
Shelfmark
MS. Rawl. D. 1225
Place of origin
English, Shrewsbury, collegiate church of St Chad
Date
12th century, third quarter
with additions late 12th century - 16th century, first half
Language
Latin
Middle English (1100-1500)
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
1 + 133 + 1 fol.
Decoration
Good initials. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 181)
Initials in red, yellow, green, and blue (fols. 15v, 25, 35, 43v, 53, etc.)
The title page (fol. 12) with large red capitals. Folded tags.
Musical notation
Square notation on staves of 4 or 5 lines.
Binding
White leather on boards twice re-used, 14th century, first half; spine restored.
Acquisition
Bequeathed by him to the Bodleian.
Provenance
Use of St Chad, Shrewsbury.
Marginalia suggest that the manuscript remained at St Chad's until at least 1539.
Owned in the late 16th century by Henry Spelman (1564?-1641).
Richard Rawlinson, 1690–1755.
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