Jacobus de Voragine — c. 1320–40; English
MS. Barlow 12
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Jacobus de Voragine — c. 1320–40; English
Shelfmark
MS. Barlow 12
Date
c. 1320–40
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Binding
Blind-tooled brown leather on bevelled boards, with roll-produced borders, probably London work of about A.D. 1600.
Acquisition
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1691
Provenance
Thomas Barlow, 1607–1691
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Title
The 'Legenda Aurea' or 'Lombardica Historia' of Jacobus de Voragine
Shelfmark
MS. Barlow 12
Summary
The 'Legenda Aurea' or 'Lombardica Historia' of Jacobus de Voragine written throughout in one hand, and with marginal corrections, in a court-hand of about 1320-40, with:
Prol. beg. 'Vniuersum tempus' (fol. 1), and table of 180 capitula (ib.)
Text beg. 'Aduentus domini' (fol. 2)
Colophon: 'Libro completo dictamine vero repleto Sanctorum domine, michi confer amene' (fol. 111)
Following the colophon is a moral story, headed 'cronica', in a court-hand of about 1400, of two choristers at Hereford, friar Thomas de Hales ('Halys') and friar Adam de Madeley, beg. 'In collacionibus minorum contingit'
Date
Written about 1320-1340 in England
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On parchment, in double columns. Binding, blind-tooled brown leather on bevelled boards, with roll-produced borders, probably London work of about A.D. 1600.
Physical extent
112 Leaves
Custodial history
On the inner front cover is 'Liber Thome de Breyntone' and on the last folio 'Constat Thome de Breyntone', in a hand of about 1400.
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Collection contents
The 'Legenda Aurea' or 'Lombardica Historia' of Jacobus de Voragine
