MS. Bodl. 215
Summary Catalogue no.: 2049
Contents
Enarrationes in Psalmos li - c
, Rubric: Magni Aurelii Augustini egregii oratoris et precipui doctoris, incipit tractatus de Psalmo .1. primo
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: i + 222 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 13.75 × 9 in.
Condition
Fol. 1 is damaged, and fol. 160 stained
Layout
2 cols
Accompanying Material
The binding is from the 17th century and the fly-leaves are comprised of pages from a 16th century edition of Cicero's Letters. Other pages from this copy of Cicero that were used as fly-leaves are found in MS. Bodl. 203, MS. Bol. 204, MS. Bodl. 244, MS. Bodl. 370, MS. Bodl. 568 and MS. Bodl. 711
History
Provenance and Acquisition
'... qui hune librum dedit liberarie studenc⟨ium⟩ vniuersitatis[??] Oxon', 15th cent., an upper line being almost entirely cut off by the binder. Rejected as an Oxford University book by MLGB.
Presented by William Ballow of Ch. Ch., Oxford, in 1604.
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. 197 [decoration, origin, date]
Summary Catalogue (1922) [contents, physical description, provenance and acquisition]
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2020-04-27: Description revised to include all information in SC.