Isidore — 12th century, end; English
MS. Bodl. 395
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Isidore — 12th century, end; English
Shelfmark
MS. Bodl. 395
Place of origin
English
Date
12th century, end
12th century, late
Language
Hebrew
Latin
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
iii + 169 leaves
Decoration
Good borders.
Good diagrams.
Good initials.
Binding
Contemporary white leather on boards; traces of five bosses on each cover; two bookmarkers. Cf. binding of MS. Bodl. 371 also from Buildwas (MLGB).
Acquisition
Given by the dean and canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor, 1612.
Provenance
Buildwas, Shropshire, Savigniac and (1147) Cistercian abbey of St Mary the Virgin and St Chad: '. . . . DE . . . DEWAS' (fol. iii v at end of table of contents, in red) (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription and from the binding).
Windsor, collegiate chapel. Table of contents of s. xv with "l [?] b" below it (not CLV as in S.C.) in the same ink. If this is the Windsor pressmark it is in a different hand as usual. (MLGB3: inferred evidence)
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