Miscellany; English, early 13th century
MS. Lat. class. e. 48
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Miscellany; English, early 13th century
Shelfmark
MS. Lat. class. e. 48
Place of origin
English (?)
Date
13th century, early
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
ii (paper) + i (medieval parchment) + 73 + ii (paper)
Hands
Perhaps by one scribe writing in different styles (the rubrics are all in one hand)
Decoration
in items 1–3 small red initials occasionally touched in green; in item 5 larger initials, green flourished in red or red flourished in blue.
Binding
18th cent. speckled calf; the spine with a title-piece lettered 'MANU | SCRIPT'
Acquisition
Sold at Sotheby's, 12 Dec. 1966, lot 218; bought.
Provenance
Fol.iii (13th cent.): ‘In hoc volumine continentur quedam excerpta de Valerio Maximo et quedam exceptiones Bede Freculfi et Evangeliorum. Et Tullius in Paradoxis’
Medieval shelfmark(?) '145:' immediately followed in blacker ink by '.Z. .18'.
Thomas Brudenell and his wife Mary Tresham, 17th century; inscribed with their names, coat of arms, and motto (fol. iii recto).
'Cardigan' (fol. iii recto) ( (?) for the above Thomas, cr. earl of Cardigan 1661)
Inscribed with a shelfmark: 'No.5. Cl.2. Sh:4' (upper pastedown).
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