Augustine, Ambrose — 10th century, early; Continental
MS. Bodl. 516
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Augustine, Ambrose — 10th century, early; Continental
Halitgar, Cassiodorus — 10th century, early; Continental
Shelfmark
MS. Bodl. 516
Place of origin
Continental
Date
10th century, early
Language
Latin
Contents
Binding
White leather on boards, clasp lost, 15th cent. English work; an older binding is now fol. 1.
Provenance
Salisbury, Wiltshire, Cathedral church of St Mary the Virgin; see removed from Sherborne in 1078: 'Magiser Henricus de la Wyle quondam cancellarius Sarisburiensis [1313–1329] legavit istum librum eidem ecclesie. precium. xx. s.', but this inscriptiotion refers not to Bodley 516 but to a Breviarium de evangeliis et epistolis the flyleaf of which has been used in binding. 'Liber bibliothecae Sarisburiensis 6'. (MLGB3: evidence from binding or elements of a binding typical of a particular library, or pastedowns bearing evidence of provenance).
Bodley 516, 698, 756, 765, 768, 835 belonged to Salisbury cathedral in s. xvii in. Medieval binding. Chainmark at foot of 1st cover in centre. (MLGB3)
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