Augustine — 12th century, third quarter; English
MS. Bodl. 270A
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Augustine — 12th century, third quarter; English
Shelfmark
MS. Bodl. 270A
Associated place
Whitkirk
Place of origin
English
Date
12th century, third quarter
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
i + 226 leaves
Decoration
Some fine, many good initials. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 172, pl. XVIII)
Binding
Red leather on boards with leather clasps, early 16th cent. English work, much worn, but the boards are older.
Provenance
An offset on one of the boards shows that a 15th cent. Latin deed naming the church of St. Mary at Whitkirk in Yorkshire was once in the binding.
Pertinet jste liber magistro Iohanni ......, 15th cent.: the name 'Gregorius Revell' (15th cent.) is on fol. 149.
Presented by sir George More in 1604.
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