Gregory the Great — 11th century, beginning.; English, Canterbury, Christ Church
MS. Bodl. 708
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Gregory the Great — 11th century, beginning.; English, Canterbury, Christ Church
Shelfmark
MS. Bodl. 708
Place of origin
English, Canterbury, Christ Church
Date
11th century, beginning.
Language
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Decoration
Fine initial. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 35, pl. III)
Provenance
Exeter, Devon, Cathedral church of St Peter: "Hunc librum dat Leofricus episcopus ecclesie sancti petri apostoli in exonia ad sedem suam episcopalem pro remedio anime sue ad utilitatem successorum suorum. Siquis autem illum inde abstulerit. perpetue maledictioni subiaceat. Fiat." (fol. 113r); also in OE. (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).
Dean and chapter of Exeter, 1602. (MLGB3)
Pal. Soc. 2. 69. Early Bodleian Music. Exeter book, p. 28f. (MLGB3)
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