Augustine — 12th century, middle; English, Reading, Benedictine Abbey
MS. Bodl. 241
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Augustine — 12th century, middle; English, Reading, Benedictine Abbey
Shelfmark
MS. Bodl. 241
Place of origin
English, Reading, Benedictine Abbey
Date
12th century, middle
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment; rather soiled
Physical extent
ii + 188 leaves
Decoration
Good initials. Cf. MS. Bodl. 257 etc.
Marginal sketches added, 15th century. Cf. MSS Bodl. 413, Digby 158. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 144)
On the margin of fol. 49v is a stilus-drawing of a monk asleep in a chair, cf. fol. 47v.
Binding
White leather on boards, with tabs at top and bottom, but clasps and bosses lost, contemporary English work, perhaps of Readin.g
Acquisition
Presented by William Burdet of Sonning in 1608.
Provenance
Reading Abbey: identifiable in the catalogue of 1192 (MLGB).
Reading Abbey: 'Hic est liber. S. Marie de Radynge. Quem qui celauerit uel fraudem de eo fecerit anathema sit,' 13th cent.
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