A catalogue of Western manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries and selected Oxford colleges

MS. Add. C. 143

Summary Catalogue no.: 28404

Contents

Priscian, De constructione

Institutiones grammaticae XVII-XVIII

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander ii. 45 (border, fol. 50v, and other initials, 13th century, first half.):

Initial (retouched).

Human profiles, scribbled in margins, accompany glosses on fols. 31r, 32r, 48r, 65r, 78v, 96r, 97v and 50v.

fol. 50v

  • Type border, left and lower margin
  • Subject Hybrid figure (animal body and human head).

Binding

Red morocco with gold ornament, English of about A.D. 1800.

History

Origin: 12th century, first half (?); added decoration, 13th century, first half ; Italian, North

Provenance and Acquisition

Magister Andreas de Raymundo, 13th century, fol. 100v.

Ex libris of S. Giustina, Padua, 15th century, no. 218, K. 10 in the library.

Record Sources

Description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue and Pächt and Alexander.

Last Substantive Revision

2022-04-04: Add binding information from Summary Catalogue.