MS. Bodl. 137
Summary Catalogue no.: 1903
Contents
Table of contents, fol. 1
3. (fol. 38v)
‘... De Patriarchis’ 4. (fol. 51)
‘... De Penitentia’ 6. (foll. 121v, 124, 125, 126v)
Epistolae Four letters, numbered 74, 75, 78, 80 in Migne's Patrol. Lat. vol. xvi.
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment, stained by damp at each end
Extent: viii + 135 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 10.25 × 6.875 in.
Decoration
Good initials. (Pächt and Alexander i. 450)
History
Provenance and Acquisition
For date and origin see Gneuss-Lapidge and literature there cited.
Exeter Cathedral: identifiable in medieval catalogues (MLGB).
Presented by the dean and chapter of Exeter in 1602.
Record Sources
Description adapted (March 2020) from the following sources:
Otto Pächt and J. J. G. Alexander, Illuminated Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, I (1966), no. 450 [decoration, date, localization]
Summary Catalogue (1922) [contents, physical description, provenance, acquisition]
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (1 image from 35mm slides)
Bibliography
Printed descriptions:
H. Gneuss and M. Lapidge, Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts : A Bibliographical Handlist of Manuscripts and Manuscript Fragments Written or Owned in England up to 1100 (2014), no. 550.5
Online resources:
Abbreviations
View list of abbreviations and editorial conventions.
Last Substantive Revision
2020-04-15: Origin revised with ref to Gneuss-Lapidge.