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Jesus College MS. 53

Contents

Language(s): Latin

1.

Bede, on the Book of Samuel

2.

Bede, Thirty Questions on the Book of Kings

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: parchment

Decoration

"Good arabesque initials. Written under abbot Andrew by dominus Falco, canon." (Alexander & Temple)

History

Origin: 12th century (between 1147 or 1168 and 1176) ; English: Cirencester

Record Sources

Summary description by Owen McKnight, based on the following sources.

H. O. Coxe, Catalogus codicum mss. qui in collegiis aulisque Oxoniensibus hodie adservantur (1852)

J. J. G. Alexander and Elzbieta Temple, Illuminated manuscripts in Oxford college libraries, the University Archives and the Taylor Institution (Oxford, 1985) [information on decoration and origin]

Bibliography

Printed descriptions:

A. Watson, Catalogue of Dated and Datable Manuscripts in Oxford Libraries (1984), no. 799

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Last Substantive Revision

2019-01-23: Record created.