Bede — 13th century; English
MS. Barlow 39
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Bede — 13th century; English
Shelfmark
MS. Barlow 39
Date
13th century
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Acquisition
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1691
Provenance
Thomas Barlow, 1607–1691
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Title
The 'Historia Ecclesiastica' and The life of Bede
Shelfmark
MS. Barlow 39
Summary
1. Fol. 1. The 'Historia Ecclesiastica' of Bede, described as O10 in Plummer's edition (Oxford, 1896), p. cxvi. The 15th-cent. foliation shows that the first 12 leaves are missing, the present text beginning, as stated in Barlow's marginal note (fol. '1-12'), in the middle of chap. 29. It contains the final paragraph 'Propterea omnes ...', book iv, chap. 4, and individual peculiarities in the division of chapters and in rubrics.
2. Fol. 193. The life of Bede, beg. 'Posteritati mandare', derived from material in the 'Historia Ecclesiastica'. One leaf is missing between fols. 42-4.
Date
Written in the 13th century in England
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On parchment
Physical extent
134 Leaves
Custodial history
At the end of the text is 'A[nthony] à W[ood]'.
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Collection contents
The 'Historia Ecclesiastica' and The life of Bede
