Stephen Langton — 13th century, end; Italy, Padua or Venice
MSS. Rawl. G. 11-12
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Stephen Langton — 13th century, end; Italy, Padua or Venice
Shelfmark
MSS. Rawl. G. 11-12
Place of origin
Italy, Padua or Venice
Date
13th century, end
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
MS. Rawl. G. 11: ii + 208leaves; MS. Rawl. G. 12: ii + 141leaves
Hands
In a minute hand
Decoration
Fine borders
Fine historiated initials, but the faces of almost all the figures in the initials are erased, e.g. MS. Rawl. G. 11, fol. 103rand MS. Rawl. G. 12, fol. 63rFor intact faces, see, for example, MS. Rawl. G. 11, fol. 7vand MS. Rawl. G. 12, fols 27v, 46 and 89
Fine other initials
Acquisition
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1755
Provenance
York, Yorkshire. Benedictine abbey of Saint Mary the Virgin: 'Liber monasterii beate Marie Ebor.' at end of MS. Rawl. G. 11, bottom of last page of text (s. xv?) ( MLGB3)
Richard Rawlinson, 1690–1755
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