MS. Bodl. 125
Summary Catalogue no.: 1988
Contents
Language(s): Latin
Here with no title: prefixed is 'Prologus beati Oddonis abbatis ad Terpium pontificem': the subject is the depravity of man.
On fol. 98v written with a metal stilus in a hand of the 2nd half of the 13th cent. is 'Notandum quod frater W. de Wicumbe precibus domini J. de Abbendonia tunc precentoris hortatu etiam & precepto domini R. de Wygornia tunc supprioris collectarium cotidianum secundum usum Radingie correxit & de duobus unum fecit', and a list of the works transcribed by him follows, partly rubbed off: and on fol. 99r is 'Hec sunt opera fratris W. de Wycumbe per quadriennium apud Leom [i.e. Leoministriam] commorantis', but nothing follows.
Physical Description
Decoration
Good initial, cf. other contemporary Reading manuscripts such as Bodley 257. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 149)
Binding
Plain white sheepskin on boards, clasp lost, perhaps late 12th cent. work
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Reading Abbey and/or its cell Leominster Priory: identifiable in the Reading-Leominster catalogue of 1192 (CBMLC B75.34) (MLGB); note by W. de Wicombe, fol 98v (=CBMLC B.76)
'J.P.': 'Augustij 10, 1622. Liber Bibliothecæ Bodleianæ ex dono Jo. Pickering S. Th. Baccalaurej et Coll. Aenean. Socij.'
Record Sources
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (1 image from 35mm slides)
Bibliography
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2020-04-07: Description revised to incorporate all information in SC.