Glossary — 14th century; Italian

Title

Glossary — 14th century; Italian

Isidore of Seville — 11th century, second half; Italian, North

Shelfmark

MS. Holkham misc. 6

Place of origin

Italian, North

Italian

Date

14th century

11th century, second half

Language

Latin

Contents

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Physical extent

iii (paper) + 184 + iii (paper)

Binding

Typical 19th-century Holkham binding: polished brown leather over pasteboards, the upper cover with the gilt crest of the Coke family; the spine lettered in gilt 'ISIDORI | JUNIORIS | CHRONICA | ET | ETYMOLOGIARUM | LIBER || MS. | SÆC.XII.', and with the number '410' at the bottom.

Provenance

Given by Johannes de Lignamine, bishop of Concordia , to the Lateran regular canons of S. Giovanni di Verdara, Padua , in 1455: inscribed in pink at the end of the text: 'Hunc librum donauit Reuerendus dominus ioannes de legnamine episcopus concordiensis Congregationi canonicorum regularium laternaensium ita ut imprimis sit ad usum dictorum canonicorum Christo militantium in monasterio sancti Iohannis in viridario padue quare omnes deum pro eius anima deuote precari meminerint M ccccºlvº.' (fol. 184v).

Thomas Coke , probably bought in 1717.

' THOMAS WILLIAM COKE ' (1754–1842), with his bookplate; formerly Norfolk, Holkham Hall, MS. 410.