Gregory the Great — Multiple dates; English
MS. Bodl. 696
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Gregory the Great — Multiple dates; English
Shelfmark
MS. Bodl. 696
Place of origin
English
Date
added decoration, 14th century
12th century, middle
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Decoration
Initials. Fols. 1, 3, 7–8, 135–52, replacements of 14th century. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 162)
Musical notation
Notation on staves (see van Dijk 1957).
Binding
White leather on boards, clasps lost, 15th cent. English work.
Provenance
Oxford, Oxfordshire, Merton College: 'Liber Collegii de Mertone ex dono magistri Thome Balsalle quondam socii ibidem' (fol. 152v). (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).
Mr Thomas Balsalle s. p. p. 1463. He bought it in 1463. ? Given by Dr. Thomas James. (MLGB3)
With ex-libris of Thomas Balsalle. Late medieval binding. = no. 249 in 1600. = no. 1098 in Powicke. (MLGB3)
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