Moses Maimonides — 14th century, middle; England
MS. Bodl. 437
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Moses Maimonides — 14th century, middle; England
Shelfmark
MS. Bodl. 437
Place of origin
England
Date
14th century, middle
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
i (modern paper) + 119 + 1 (parchment)leaves
Hands
Anglicana; apparently one hand
Decoration
4-line puzzle initial and one-sided penwork border in blue and red, fol. 1r; elsewhere 2-line blue initials with red penwork.
Binding
Quarter-binding of parchment and paper-covered pasteboards, over an earlier leather spine with five supports. Four rust marks at the foot of fol. 119 probably the marks of a chain staple.
Acquisition
Given by him to the Bodleian in 1601 (inscription, fol. 1r; Watson, 'Thomas Allen', 295).
Provenance
Annotations in a number of 14th-16th century hands. Top of fol. 1 (with an earlier ex libris?) cut away.
Thomas Allen: annotations in his hand (A. Watson, 'Thomas Allen of Oxford', in Medieval Scribes, Manuscripts and Libraries, ed. M. B. Parkes and A. G. Watson, 310); 'fo. 51' (fol. 1r).
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