Petrus Ruffensis (attrib.) — 14th century, first half; English
MS. Lyell 16
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Petrus Ruffensis (attrib.) — 14th century, first half; English
Shelfmark
MS. Lyell 16
Place of origin
English
Date
14th century, first half
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Decoration
Initial on fol. 1r in red and blue joined to frame border of penwork with alternating bands of red and blue and projecting red water-lily-shaped flower heads.
Acquisition
Chosen as one of the hundred manuscripts bequeathed to the Bodleian by Lyell in 1948.
Provenance
Durham, Benedictine cathedral priory of St Cuthbert: 'Petrus Ruffensis in summula viciorum. Ihesu miserere. Liber domini Iohannis Manbe monachi dunelm'', all in one large hand inside front cover. (Medieval stamped binding; stamps like Gibson's 6 and 80, and another border stamp.) (MLGB3: evidence from an inscription of ownership by an individual member of a religious house (which may not, however, be evidence for institutional ownership)).
'John Bracke owe this booke' (c. 1600). J. H. Bransby (s. xix). Sold at Christie's, 22 Feb. 1946, lot 177, to E. Ph. Goldschmidt. Bought from him by James P. R. Lyell, by whom bequeathed to the Bodleian. (MLGB3)
James P. R. Lyell, 1871–1948
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