Ambrose — 12th century, second quarter; English, St. Albans, Benedictine abbey
MS. Bodl. 752
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Ambrose — 12th century, second quarter; English, St. Albans, Benedictine abbey
Shelfmark
MS. Bodl. 752
Place of origin
English, St. Albans, Benedictine abbey
Date
12th century, second quarter
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Decoration
Fine historiated and other initials. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 99, pl. IX)
Binding
White leather on boards, clasp lost, perhaps contemporary English work.
Provenance
St Albans, Hertfordshire, Benedictine abbey of St Alban: 'Hic est liber sancti Albani quem qui eum abstulerit aut titulum anathema sit, amen' (fol. 1r in red; erased, but can be made out by comparison with Bodl, MS. Auct. F. 2. 13, which is in the same hand). Script and decoration resemble BL MS Royal 13 D.vi, vii. Table of contents with red and green letters in the St Albans style (e.g. Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 71). (fol. 166v). (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).
Oxford, Oxfordshire, Merton College: 'Liber domus de Mertone in Oxonia ex dono et legato magistri Willelmi de Harington ...' (fol. 166v). (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).
Ex-libris of Wm de Harington (fol. 166v), who died in 1344. = No. 258 in James 1600. = No. 181 in Powicke. (MLGB3)
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