MS. Bodl. 1031

Summary Catalogue no.: 2977

(Fols 1–4)

Herbal 'Agnus castus'

Incipit: Affodillus id est Effodill. Ye vertu of this erbe

Explicit: Bytenye

Four leaves of an alphabetical herbal, covering A-B. The rest of the herbal is at MS. Bodl. 536

Fol. 1 should follow fol. 4

The 'particula panni cotonei' mentioned in the old catalogue is bound up with the manuscript

IPMEP 38

Language(s): Middle English

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: paper

ii + 32 leaves

Dimensions (binding): 8.25 × 6.375 in.

Condition

Fols 5-32 are blank

History

Origin: 15th century, second half ; England

Provenance and Acquisition

John Twyne of Canterbury: his hand on fol. 12v of MS. Bodl. 536 (Andrew G. Watson, 'John Twyne of Canterbury (d. 1581) as a Collector of Medieval Manuscripts: a Preliminary Investigation', The Library 6th ser. 8 (1986), 133-151, no. 36. Earlier provenance not known.

Presented by Thomas Twyne in 1612

Record Sources

Description adapted (December 2022) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1922) with additional reference to published literature as cited.

Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 1, p. 560

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2022-12-06: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1922)

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