Augustine — 12th century, second quarter; England, Canterbury, St. Augustine's (?)
MS. Bodl. 378
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Augustine — 12th century, second quarter; England, Canterbury, St. Augustine's (?)
Shelfmark
MS. Bodl. 378
Place of origin
England, Canterbury, St. Augustine's (?)
Date
12th century, second quarter
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
ii + 162leaves
Decoration
One fine initial
Many good initials
Binding
White leather on boards, with book-markers, clasps lost, 13th century (?) work, once with a red leather cover, now only preserved inside one cover. Brown leather straps. (Summary Catalogue). 'Contemporary binding ... original sewing ... remains of chemise' (Pächt and Alexander)
Acquisition
Presented by the dean and canons of Windsor in 1612
Provenance
Windsor, Berkshire, Royal collegiate chapel of St George: 'Augustinus de sancta trinitate' on back strip, and on flyleaf (the latter s. xii ex.). Usual chain mark. Pressmark "B G" at head of fol. ii verso and on back-board near the top. Below the pressmark on back-board is a title "[...] trinitate" and "2 o fo. oblectamenta" in same ink, probably, as the pressmark ( MLGB3)
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