Hugh of St. Victor — Before 1170 (1164 × 1170?); French, Paris (?)
MS. Bodl. 345
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Hugh of St. Victor — Before 1170 (1164 × 1170?); French, Paris (?)
Shelfmark
MS. Bodl. 345
Place of origin
French, Paris (?)
Date
Before 1170 (1164 × 1170?)
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
ii + 121 fols.
Decoration
Fine penwork initials. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 1315, pl. CXIX)
Coloured initials, rubrics.
Acquisition
Given by Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob Colfe in 1616.
Provenance
Fol. iii verso S.T., i.e. Sanctus Thomas, indicating the gift to Christ Church, Canterbury, by Thomas Becket (d. 1170). Presumably made for him in France during his exile 1164–1170.
Christ Church, Canterbury: identifiable as no. 808 in Prior Eastry's catalogue (before 1331) (James, Ancient Libraries, p. 83). Christ Church marginal marking (four dots) passim (MLGB3).
Christ Church, Canterbury: identifiable as no. 193 in the list of books repaired in 1508 (James, Ancient Libraries, p. 159).
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