Aldhelm — 11th century, beginning; English
MS. Bodl. 97
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Aldhelm — 11th century, beginning; English
Shelfmark
MS. Bodl. 97
Place of origin
English
Date
11th century, beginning
Language
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment; imperfect at end
Physical extent
iv + 77 leaves
Decoration
Initials. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 39)
Binding
Plain white sheepskin (15th cent. English work) over older boards, which have been turned round.
Acquisition
Presented by sir Walter Cope in 1602.
Provenance
Christ Church, Canterbury, until at least 1337, evidence of pressmarks: on fol. i is sx and Distinctio ijª Gradus vus (M.R. James' Ancient Libraries of Canterbury, 1903, pp. 506, 21, xlv).
Canterbury, St Augustine's Abbey, late 14th cent.: 'De librario Sancti Augustini extra Cantuariam'; 'Distinctio ij a Gradus v us' (15th cent.); "SX" (all fol. 1r; see MLGB3).
William Darell (d. 1580): '1565 anno E. R. 7º' 'W. Darrell possessor huius libri'.
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