MS. Bodl. 161
Summary Catalogue no.: 2014B
Contents
Language(s): Latin
1. (fol. 1)
, Commentary on the Song of songs Rubric: Expositio in Cantica Canticorum librorum septem, quam composuit Beda presbiter uenerabilis iuuante se gratia superna
The second book is preceded by a list of chapters.
2. (fol. 112)
, Commentary on Ecclesiastes Rubric: Expositio sancti Ieronimi presbiteri in Ecclesiasten Salomonis
With prologue and preface.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: ii + 166 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 11.625 × 8.25 in.
Decoration
Good initials. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 69, pl. VII)
Binding
Stamped brown leather on boards, early 17th cent. Oxford binding.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Christ Church, Canterbury: evidence of marginalia (MLGB); no. 85 in dr. James's Ancient Libraries of Canterbury (1903), p. 25, cf. p. 157, no. 122.
Presented by Abraham, Isaac and Jacob Colfe in 1616.
Record Sources
Description adapted (April 2020) from the following sources, with additional reference to published literature as cited:
Otto Pächt and J. J. G. Alexander, Illuminated Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, III (1973), no. 69 [decoration, origin, date]
Summary Catalogue (1922) [contents, physical description, provenance and acquisition]
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (4 images from 35mm slides)
Bibliography
Online resources:
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2020-04-15: Description revised to incorporate all information from SC.