Aelred of Rievaulx — c. 1200; English, Haughmond, Augustinian abbey (?)
MS. Lat. th. d. 40
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Aelred of Rievaulx — c. 1200; English, Haughmond, Augustinian abbey (?)
Shelfmark
MS. Lat. th. d. 40
Place of origin
English, Haughmond, Augustinian abbey (?)
Date
c. 1200
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
i + 72 leaves (fol.i, 72, are original parchment flyleaves)(fol. 1–24) (fol. 25-end)
Hands
Three scribes, all writing above top line, (a) fol. 1–20ra mid 1.12; (b) fol. 20ra mid 1. 12–48v; (c) fol. 49–71ra
Decoration
Penwork initial; initials red or green, with pen flourishing in green and/or red.
Binding
Original white leather over thick, slightly bevelled, wood boards; lower part of spine slightly damaged, tab at top of spine. Remains of strap for a fastening(?) fixed to centre edge of upper cover. It probably attached to a pin in the lower cover, although no trace of this is now visible. Two nail holes near the top of the lower cover - perhaps for a title label. Trace of a post-medieval label on the spine. Medieval book-marker formed of a thick strip of white leather, about 15mm. wide, cut into four narrower strips, left joined at the top.
Provenance
Augustinian abbey of Haughmond, Shropshire: 'Liber iste est ecclesie sancti Iohannis apostoli et ewangeliste de Hagemon' (fol. i (flyleaf))
Bought from Quaritch in 1975 with the help of an anonymous donation given ‘to commemorate the keepership of Dr. R.W. Hunt.’
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