Collection of canon law, liturgical commentary and theology. A-C Germany, 14th century, second half
MS. Hamilton 17
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Collection of canon law, liturgical commentary and theology. A-C Germany, 14th century, second half
Shelfmark
MS. Hamilton 17
Place of origin
German
Date
14th century, second half (c. 1360–80)
14th century, second half or 15th century
14th century, second half
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Physical extent
2 + 240 (61 + 111 + 64) + 1 leaves
Binding
Fifteenth-century quarter-binding of whittawed skin over boards; clasps partly lost. Contents and pressmark on the upper board; contents note on the spine. Stamps of the bindery of St Peter's, Erfurt (w002367), including ape with mirror (s015810), Agnus Dei (?s015822), lion (?s015828), birds on lily (?s015807), eagle (?s015809), lily (s015816), rosette (s015817) rosette (?not in eDB).
Acquisition
Presented to the Bodleian Library by his sons and received in 1857.
Provenance
St Peter's Erfurt: ex libris, fol. 1r (fifteenth century, second half?); pressmarks, fol. ii verso; binding.
Friedrich Gottlieb Julius von Bülow, 1760-?1831, identifiable as 137 in the catalogue of part 3 of his sale, 10 Oct. 1836.
Sir William Hamilton, 1788–1856
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