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MS. Bodl. 160

Summary Catalogue no.: 2014A

Contents

Language(s): Latin

1. (fol. iii)
Bede, Commentary on Acts
Rubric: Liber venerabilis Bedę presbiteri in librum Actuum Apostolorum

With prologue.

(fol. 46v)
Bede, Nomina regionum et locorum de Actibus Apostolorum
Rubric: Descriptio uenerabilis Bedę ... quorundam nominum regionum & locorum quę nominantur in libro Actuum Apostolorum
2. (fol. 53)
Ivo of Chartres, Sermo 1 de sacramentis
Rubric: Tractatus Iuonis Carnotensis episcopi de modo & ordine & ueritate Sacramentorum Christi & ęcclesię
3.
Ivo of Chartres, Sermones de sacramentis
(fol. 58)
Rubric: De clericatu et eius officio

Serm. 2

(fol. 62)
Rubric: De significationibus sacerdotalium indumentorum

Serm. 3

(fol. 66)
Rubric: De sacramentis dedicationis

Serm. 4

(fol. 70v)
Rubric: Qualiter uetera sacramenta conueniant nouis

Serm. 5

(fol. 86)
Incipit: Corruptum peccatis

Serm. 6

(fol. 88v)
Incipit: Quoniam presentium

Serm. 7; ends (Migne, clxii. 567) 'Ignis in conspectu eius ardebit'.

Fol. 72v is blank: cf. 78v. There are several changes of hand.

(fol. 89)
Narrative of the translation of St James the Great (BHL 4069)
Incipit: Nemo putet quod iste sit Iacobus

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: iv + 90 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 11.25 × 8.125 in.

Hand(s)

'Christ Church hand on fols. iii recto, iv recto, 1r–51r, 61r–66r, 71r–; continental hand on fols. 67r–71r. Numerous Canterbury marks in the margins. Fols. 1r–51r are probably in the same hand as Campbell Ch. xxi. 6 (A. D. 1123).' (MLGB)

Decoration

Fine and good initials. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 94, pl. IX)

Additions: Marginalia by Thomas Gascoigne.

Binding

Stamped leather on boards, clasp lost, Canterbury work of 1508. In a green baize cover. There are remains of a chain fastening.

History

Origin: 12th century, second quarter ; English, Canterbury, Christ Church

Provenance and Acquisition

Christ Church, Canterbury: no. 88 in dr. James's Ancient Libraries of Canterbury (1903) and no. 124 in the Canterbury binding list of 1508 (ibid., p. 157).

Presented by Abraham, Isaac and Jacob Colfe in 1616.

MS. Bodl. 160 - endleaves (fols. i-ii, 99)

Contents

Language(s): Latin

Justinian, Digest

Two leaves: xxii, tit. i, margins left blank for insertion of the gloss.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Layout

2 cols.

History

Origin: 13th century

Additional Information

Record Sources

Description adapted (April 2020) from the following sources, with reference to additional published literature as cited:
Otto Pächt and J. J. G. Alexander, Illuminated Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, III (1973), no. 94 [decoration, origin, date]
Summary Catalogue (1922) [contents, physical description, provenance and acquisition]
Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 1, p. 162
Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 1, p. 163

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (2 images from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

Abbreviations

View list of abbreviations and editorial conventions.

Last Substantive Revision

2020-04-15: Description revised to incorporate all information from SC.