Michael de Massa — 1405; English, Norfolk, Ingham
MS. Bodl. 758
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Michael de Massa — 1405; English, Norfolk, Ingham
Shelfmark
MS. Bodl. 758
Place of origin
English, Norfolk, Ingham
Date
1405
Language
Latin
Middle English (1100-1500)
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
iv + 87 + iii fols.
Hands
Written by Ralph de Medylton (colophon).
Decoration
Fine miniatures (drawings)
Borders
Initials.
Rubrics.
Binding
Red whittawed leather over boards, 15th century
Acquisition
Presented by William Cotton, bishop of Exeter, in 1605 (Summary catalogue I.91).
Provenance
Written on the order of Miles Stapleton of Ingham, -1419 (colophon); Stapleton arms, fol. 1.
The scribe (depicted robed, fol. 87) may have belonged to the Trinitarian house at Ingham, founded by Miles Stapleton (-1384), father of the patron.
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