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Ambrose — 12th century, middle; England, Ely, cathedral priory (?)

MS. Bodl. 762

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Title

Ambrose — 12th century, middle; England, Ely, cathedral priory (?)

Ambrose, Augustine — 12th century, middle; England, Ely, cathedral priory (?)

Ambrose — 12th century, middle; England, Ely, cathedral priory (?)

Shelfmark

MS. Bodl. 762

Place of origin

England, Ely, cathedral priory (?)

Date

12th century, middle

Language

Latin

Contents

MS. Bodl. 762 – Part 1
1. (fol. 1) Ambrose De Abraham
2. (fol. 26) Ambrose De Ioseph
3. (fol. 47) Ambrose De patriarchis
4. (fol. 62v) Ambrose De excessu fratris sui Satyri
5. (fol. 105) Ambrose Epistula ad Vercellensem ecclesiam
MS. Bodl. 762 – Part 2
1. (fol. 124) Ambrose De bono mortis
2. (fol. 138) Augustine De cura pro mortuis gerenda
3. (fol. 148v) Two hands of c. 1300 have added a list of the subjects of a Latin theological work in 80 (?) chapters
MS. Bodl. 762 – Part 3
1. (fol. 150) Ambrose De fide
2. (fol. 219) Ambrose De spiritu sancto
3. (fol. 261) Ambrose De incarnationis dominicae sacramento

Decoration

Good initials ( partly mutilated)

Acquisition

MS. Bodl. 762 does not occur in any Bodleian list until c. 1655

Provenance

The contents of Part 1 are given in a 13th century hand on fol. ii verso

Ely, cathedral priory: pressmark 6.32 (MLGB3).

In the 16th century, this volume and MS. Bodl. 839were owned by the same person, as the tags on that manuscript show

Lambeth Palace, as evidence by a note made by Thomas James in The Queen's College Oxford, 62.E.6 (Opera Ambrosii, Paris, 1603) in 1612 (MLGB3).

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  • Ambrose, Saint, Bishop of Milan, -397

  • Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

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