Aegidius de Columna — c. 1400; English
MS. Bodl. 234
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Aegidius de Columna — c. 1400; English
Shelfmark
MS. Bodl. 234
Place of origin
English
Date
c. 1400
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
iv + 252 leaves
Decoration
Good border (mutilated)
Historiated initial. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 787, pl. LXXIV) Fol. 1, the author presenting his work to Philip IV of France.
Binding
Reddish pink leather on boards, with painted edges (three fleurs-de-lys), worn, English contemporary work.
Acquisition
Acquired not after 1602.
Provenance
The middle part of the lower margin of fol. 1 has been cut out, slightly injuring the text. The missing part no doubt bore a coat ot arms, but on each side are still left gules a fess argent between six fleurs-de-lys of the second (Thorp), and a crest.
Among some 16th cent. scribbling are some figures of 'The worthie bugle [i.e. bull] the noble Erele of Southamptons badge of his almes [i.e. arms]', and 'Jane Hughes' (fol. 250v).
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