Philip of Oxford — 1180–1183; St Frideswide’s Priory, Oxford (OSA)

Title

Philip of Oxford — 1180–1183; St Frideswide’s Priory, Oxford (OSA)

Shelfmark

MS. Digby 177

Date

1180–1183

Language

Latin

Contents

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Physical extent

ii + 30 + ii leaves

Hands

Protogothic script. At least three scribes.

Fols 28vb–30rb are written in a darker shade of ink, likely a slightly later addition. The same shade of ink is used to make numerous corrections to the text, particularly adding punctuation to assist oral reading (sometimes the additions are overpunctuated in comparison to the original text).

Decoration

Text opens with an 8-line arabesque initial in red and green. Subsequent chapters open with 2-line initials, generally alternating between blue and red.

Along with letters added plummet to direct the rubricator, there are numbers whose function is unclear: iii in the margin of fol. 10rb; iii, fol. 17rb; iiii, fol. 17va; iii, fol. 18ra; iiii and viii, fol. 18rb.

Binding

Standard Digby binding (Delisle type I). Brass clasps.

Acquisition

Donated to the Bodleian, 1634.

Provenance

Thomas Allen (MS fº 7); Allen/Digby inventory A 14: pressmarks and signature on fol. 1r. Many of Allen’s manuscripts were from Oxford.

Kenelm Digby (his motto, Vindica te tibi, and signature on fol. 1r).

Title

Philippi, Prioris monasterii S. Frideswidae, Oxon., liber de miraculis S. Frideswidae, virginis, cum prologo

Shelfmark

MS. Digby 177

Date

1180–1183

Language

Latin

Physical extent

30 Leaves

Custodial history

Manuscript 1505 acquired by the Bodleian Library (121). Belonged in whole or in part to Thomas Allen of Gloucester Hall.