Bible — 13th century, middle; English
MS. Auct. D. 3. 4
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Bible — 13th century, middle; English
Shelfmark
MS. Auct. D. 3. 4
Place of origin
English
Date
13th century, middle
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
iii + 394 leaves
Decoration
Good historiated borders.
Historiated initials.
Other initials. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 425, pl. XXXVI)
Binding
Red leather on boards, two sets of clasps lost, English 15th cent. work
Acquisition
Probably this is the Latin Bible presented by William Cotton, bishop of Exeter, in 1605.
Provenance
Exeter Cathedral (?): there is no trace left of the arms mentioned in the following note of Gerard Langbaine in his catalogue made about 1655, 'Codex bene scriptus fuisse olim videtur ecclesie Exoniensis, folio siquidem 1º habentur insignia episcopatus (et episcopi) itemque decani cancellarii praecentoris et thesaurarii Exoniensium suis omnia coloribus graphicè delineata'. At some time subsequent to 1655 there may have been some danger of the book being reclaimed.
Nearly erased entries on fol. 394 seem to show that the volume was deposited in a University Chest at Oxford in 1422.
Owned by 'Antho: Turpyn' in the 16th cent. and perhaps by Thomas Reynold and Alexander Gyles, also in the 16th cent. (foll. 206v, 394).
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