MS. Add. C. 137
Summary Catalogue no.: 24743
Contents
A 15th century parchment leaf from a register of some Italian law court
Memorial verses and explanations relating to the subject of each book follow
Six elegiac lines supposed to have been found in the tomb of Ovid
Physical Description
Binding
The 'original oak boards' which are mentioned in the Libri Sale Catalogue have been lost
History
Provenance and Acquisition
On fols 201-203 is nearly contemporary scribbling by schoolboys at Cremona (?). One sentence is 'Iste liber est mey Chini de Serguarneris et fratris eius qui uadunt ad scholam magistri Petri de Manna Cremonensis.'
Purchased by the Bodleian at Sotheby's on 2 April 1859 from the collection of Guillaume Libri. 754 in the sale catalogue
Record Sources
Bibliography
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2025-07-24: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1905)