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Jacobus de Voragine — c. 1400; English

MS. Bodl. 389

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Title

Jacobus de Voragine — c. 1400; English

Shelfmark

MS. Bodl. 389

Place of origin

English

Date

c. 1400

Language

Latin

Contents

Jacobus de Voragine Legenda aurea
On fol. v are a few added miracles, and on fol. 227v an extract from the Polychronicon of Higden.

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Physical extent

vi + 230 leaves

Decoration

Good initials. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 759)

Binding

Early 15th-century sewing and boards, re-covered with white leather.

Acquisition

Presented by the dean and chapter of Exeter in 1602.

Provenance

Exeter, Devon, Cathedral church of St Peter: catalogue of 1506 (MLGB3: inferred evidence).

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  • Jacobus, de Voragine, approximately 1229-1298

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