Jerome, Ps.-Athanasius, Ps.-Jerome, Ps.-Macarius — 12th century; English
MS. Bodl. 386
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Jerome, Ps.-Athanasius, Ps.-Jerome, Ps.-Macarius — 12th century; English
Shelfmark
MS. Bodl. 386
Place of origin
English
Date
11th century, early
12th century
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
i + 173 + i leaves
Hands
Written in a protogothic script.
Decoration
Red and green initials 6-10 lines high on fols. 1r-2r and occasionally from fol. 58r to end of manuscript. Red and green initials 2-5 lines high on fols. 2r check this! -61v, often rubricated, sometimes pen-flourished.
Binding
315 210 80
Endleaves: At the front, a fragment former pastedown, now raised. At the back...?
Sewing: Sewn at five sewing stations...
Boards: Wooden boards, around 9mm thick, including cover. The sewing supports enter the boards from the outside. Boards have some bevelling and project?? Superfluous sewing support holes at the foredge of both boards indicates they were reversed and reused.
Endbands: Braided light brown leather endbands.
Cover: Whittawed leather cover. Some paring of turn ins, with lapped mitres on upper board and tongued mitres on lower board.
Fastenings and furniture:
Chaining: Chain-staple holes from Bodleian (top RH corner of upper board) and St George's Chapel, Windsor (bottom centre of upper board).
Provenance
Shelford, Nottinghamshire, Augustinian priory of St Mary the Virgin : 'Liber sancte Marie de shelford' in red at head of second col. of fol. 1r (s. xii or xiii) -- inscr. faded so that l and r are not quite certain and f might be s. ( MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).
On fol. 73 a metal stilus has drawn two shields, (1) a cross battonnée with eight arms, (2) a fesse undy with indistinct additions.
Windsor, collegiate chapel . Usual chain marks on medieval binding (s. xv), which generally resembles MS. Bodl. 192. The leaf in the binding was in use in binding in s. xv as scribbles show. ( MLGB3: inferred evidence)
Given to Bodley by the Dean and Canons of Windsor in 1612. ( MLGB3)
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