MS. Bodl. 206
Summary Catalogue no.: 2012
Contents
, Hexaemeron
Final rubric: Explicit Liber Exameron beati Ambrosii Mediolanensis episcopi
A contemporary list of the rubrics for each book is fol. i, but none of them have been inserted.
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: i + 76 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 13.25 × 8.75 in.
Condition
Discoloured by damp throughout, and some margins injured by it.
Layout
2 cols.
Binding
Stamped white sheepskin (about 1602) on older sewing and boards, injured and re-backed.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Exeter Cathedral: identifiable in the catalogues of 1327 and 1506 (G. Oliver, Lives of the Bishops of Exeter (1861), pp. 303, 374) (MLGB).
Presented by the dean and chapter of Exeter in 1602.
Record Sources
Description adapted (April 2020) from the Summary Catalogue (1922).
Bibliography
Online resources:
Abbreviations
View list of abbreviations and editorial conventions.
Last Substantive Revision
2020-04-14: Description revised to incorporate all information in SC.