Bede — c. 1120–1150; English, Canterbury, Christ Church
MS. Bodl. 217
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Bede — c. 1120–1150; English, Canterbury, Christ Church
Shelfmark
MS. Bodl. 217
Place of origin
English, Canterbury, Christ Church
Date
c. 1120–1150
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
i + 165 leaves
Decoration
Good initials. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 91)
Binding
Stamped brown leather on boards, early 17th cent. Oxford work.
Acquisition
Given by Abraham, Isaac and Jacob Colfe in 1616.
Provenance
Once in the library of Christ Church, Canterbury, no. 89 in M. R. James's Ancient Libraries of Canterbury, p. 26, and no. 120 at. p. 156.
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