Ambrose — 12th century, second quarter; English, Canterbury (?)
MS. Bodl. 751
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Ambrose — 12th century, second quarter; English, Canterbury (?)
Library catalogue of Bermondsey Priory — between 1310 and 1328; English, Bermondsey (?)
Household account of Prince Edward of Windsor, August-September 1325 — English
Shelfmark
MS. Bodl. 751
Place of origin
English
English, Canterbury (?)
English, Bermondsey (?)
Date
between 1310 and 1328
12th century, second quarter
1325
Language
Latin
Contents
Binding
White leather on older boards, with clasp fittings but no clasps, a 15th cent. re-binding, English work.
Provenance
Bermondsey, Surrey, Cluniac priory and (from 1399) abbey of St Saviour (?): contains on flyleaves parts of a monastic catalogue of books, some with Cluniac interest, and the household expenses of Prince Edward of Windsor in journeying from London to Dover in August and September 1325, a route which passed through Bermondsey. The binding is 15th-cent. English work. See Sharpe, Benedictines, 22-3, for the surmised attribution of the catalogue to Bermondsey. (MLGB3: evidence from binding or elements of a binding typical of a particular library, or pastedowns bearing evidence of provenance).
Oxford, Oxfordshire, Merton College: 'Ex dono domini Ricardi FitzJames nuper Cicestrensis episcopi et Custodis istius collegii [sc. Merton] ...' (fol. v verso). Fitzjames died in 1522. (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).
No. 257 in Th. James' Merton Catalogue 1600. Powicke, Merton Books, no. 1189. Medieval binding. (MLGB3)
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