Gospels; Italy, 7th century
MS. Auct. D. 2. 14
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Gospels; Italy, 7th century
Shelfmark
MS. Auct. D. 2. 14
Associated place
England
Place of origin
Italy (additions, England)
England, Bury St Edmunds (?)
Date
additions, 9th–12th century
11th century, second half
7th century
Language
Latin
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
iii + 173 + iii fols. (fol. 173 is an endleaf originally from another manuscript: see below)
Hands
Uncial script.
Decoration
Initial. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 1a)
Musical notation
Neums (11th cent.) added to the Genealogy of Christ by St. Luke (fol. 79)
Acquisition
Given by him to the Library in 1603.
Provenance
Textual relation with Cambridge, Corpus Christi College MS. 286 (Italy, 6th century, 'St Augustine's Gospels').
In England by late 8th century (fol. 149va).
Owned by Sir Robert Cotton in 1602.
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