Book of Kings with gloss. — 12th century, end; English, Reading, Benedictine abbey
MS. Auct. D. 3. 15
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Book of Kings with gloss. — 12th century, end; English, Reading, Benedictine abbey
Shelfmark
MS. Auct. D. 3. 15
Place of origin
English, Reading, Benedictine abbey
Date
12th century, end
Language
Middle English (1100-1500)
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
i + 253 leaves
Decoration
Good initials, partly mutilated. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 208, pl. XXI)
Binding
Original boards, recovered with red leather, Reading work, early 16th cent
Acquisition
Presented by William Burdet of Sonning, in 1608.
Provenance
Reading Abbey: contemporary ex libris, 'Hic est liber sancte Marie de Radynga. Quem qui celauerit. uel fraudem de eo fecerit anathema sit'. Listed in the late-twelfth-century catalogue.
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