Ambrose, Ps.-Ambrose, etc.; England, 15th century, first half
MS. Bodl. 757
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Ambrose, Ps.-Ambrose, etc.; England, 15th century, first half
Shelfmark
MS. Bodl. 757
Place of origin
English
Date
15th century, first half
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
ii + 389 leaves
Hands
Several hands were employed in writing this volume, sometimes recurring, sometimes mixed on the same column. The only larger divisions are at foll. 139, 185, 209: the chief changes of writing are at foll. 81, 123v, 136, 151, 185, 198, 210, 263, 315v, 361v
Binding
Sooth white parchment on bevelled boards, clasps lost, 16th cent. English work. Title 'Ambrosius' on the fore-edge of the upper (left) board.
Acquisition
It may possibly have come to the Bodleian with the donation of the latter in 1601, but does not appear in any Library list till about 1655.
Provenance
Oxford, Oxfordshire, Merton College : 'Liber domus scolarium de Mertone ex dono magistri Henrici Seuer sacre pagine professoris ac Custodis eiusdem, incathenatus in libraria ad communem vsum ibidem studere volencium, anno Domini Mmo cccc°. lxviij°' (fol. ii verso). ( MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).
This was no. 250 at Merton in 1600, when dr. Thomas James catalogued it.
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