Pentateuch with gloss. — 1164 × 1170; France, Paris
MS. Auct. E. inf. 7
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Pentateuch with gloss. — 1164 × 1170; France, Paris
Shelfmark
MS. Auct. E. inf. 7
Place of origin
France, Paris
Date
1164 × 1170
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
236 fols.
Decoration
Fine initials (mutilated). By the same illuminator as Cambridge, Trinity College, MS. B. 3. 11 written by Roger of Canterbury.(Pächt and Alexander iii. 200, pl. XX)
Illuminated initials, one historiated.
Coloured initials.
Binding
White whittawed leather over boards, 15th century (?), repaired.
Acquisition
Given to the Bodleian by Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob Colfe in 1616.
Provenance
Given by Thomas Becket to Christ Church, Canterbury: 'ST' and 'Sancti Thome martiris', front pastedown, and '.TO.', fol. 1. Written for Becket during his exile in France, 1164–70.
Christ Church, Canterbury: no. 784 in Eastry's catalogue.
Richard Colfe, prebendary of Canterbury, d. 1613 (de Hamel, 'Dispersal of the library of Christ Church', in Books and Collectors 1200–1700, ed. Carley and Tite, 273).
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