MSS. Bodl. 741-2
Summary Catalogue no.: 2755
Summary Catalogue no.: 2756
Ludolf of Saxony, etc.; England, 1444/5
Physical Description
Hand(s)
Two hands: (1) vol. 1, and vol. 2, fols. 1–301, 338–40, Johannes Chestur (colophon); (2) vol. 2, fols. 302–37.
Decoration
Good penwork borders, initials. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 907)
Coloured borders and initials.
Binding
19th century.
Preserves two pairs of medieval clasps.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Colophon, MS. Bodl. 742, fol. 301, see below.
William Byconyll, -1448: ex libris on fol. 2 of both volumes (see below).
John Birkhede, -1468: ex libris on fol. 2 of both volumes (see below).
Oxford, All Souls College (?): ex libris on fol. 2 of both volumes (see below), but MLGB3 and Pächt and Alexander suggest that the reversionary gift mentioned did not take effect.
Windsor, collegiate chapel of St George; pressmark FP
Presented by the dean and canons of Windsor in 1612.
MS. Bodl. 741
Contents
Language(s): Latin
Two indexes to the whole work, one adapting the book for a course of reading throughout the year, the other a list of chapters.
Physical Description
Layout
2 cols., 47–49 lines, column space 224 × 65–70 mm.
History
Provenance
Pen trial, 15th century, fol. 284, includes the names of magistri Stalford (or Salford) (?), Baskerfeld, and Dockete.
‘⟨Liber collegii Animarum Omnium Fidelium defunctorum in Oxonia ex dono Magistri Willelmi Bygonell post decessum magistri Iohannis Byrkehed⟩’ (fol. 2)
MS. Bodl. 742
Contents
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Layout
2 cols., 47–49 lines, column space 220–30 × 65 mm.
History
Provenance
‘⟨Liber collegii Animarum Omnium Fidelium defunctorum in Oxonia ex dono Magistri Willelmi Bygonell post mortem magistri Iohannis Byrkehed⟩’ (fol. 2)
Additional Information
Record Sources
Bibliography
Abbreviations
View list of abbreviations and editorial conventions.
Last Substantive Revision
2019-03-25: Revised to incorporate all information in Watson, SC and Pächt and Alexander.