Book of Hours, Use of Sarum — c. 1400; England diocese of Norwich (Pächt and Alexanderiii. 786)
MS. e Mus. 188
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Book of Hours, Use of Sarum — c. 1400; England diocese of Norwich (Pächt and Alexanderiii. 786)
Shelfmark
MS. e Mus. 188
Place of origin
England diocese of Norwich (Pächt and Alexanderiii. 786)
Date
c. 1400
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
1 + 51 + 1 + 1 fol.Catchword: f. 46v, ?profile head
Decoration
Good borders. f. 16v, daisy buds
Good initials. Capital: f. 7, profile head
Flourished initials: fols 8v, 10v, 11v, 12, etc.
Binding
Red sheepskin (?) on bevelled boards, clasp lost, contemporary
Acquisition
'En bon tans T.H.', i.e. sir T. Herbert, who gave the manuscript to the Library in 1666
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Title
'Roberti Talboti Annotationes in earn partem itinerarii Anton[ini] quae ad Britanniam pertinet'
Shelfmark
MS. e Mus. 188
Summary
'Roberti Talboti Annotationes in earn partem itinerarii Anton[ini] quae ad Britanniam pertinet'
Date
Written in the 2nd half of the 16th century by J. Stow
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On paper, a small printed title-label is on the original paper cover (fol. 3)
Physical extent
28 Leaves
Custodial history
Manuscript acquired by the Bodleian Library (243)
Acquisition
'88' in the library of Thomas Allen of Gloucester hall (d. 1632). '... Degoreus Whear, Aulae Glocestrensis Principalis . .. cui concessa erat Bibliothecæ Thomæ Alleni inspectio atque cura, lihelium hunc rogatus dono mihi dedit. Ego autem ... Gerardo Langbaine et Thomæ Barlowe in Bibliotheca Bodleiana reponendum transmisi si illis videbitur. Gulielmus Burton' (d. 1657): so the MS. came into the Library in 1632-7.
Subject
16th century
Literature
Antiquarians
