MS. Bodl. 216
Summary Catalogue no.: 2052
Contents
Fol. 152v, index of subjects.
Physical Description
Layout
2 cols., 47 lines, column space 250 × 70 mm.
Hand(s)
Fols. 1–41v line 9 apparently written by John Brinkley or John Tymworth. The rest written by William Barrow (see Provenance).
Decoration
Illuminated capitals.
Binding
Pink whittawed leather over boards, 15th century, rebacked.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Fol. i: ‘Distinctiones fratris S. de Boraston’ usque ad literam .d. per J. abbatem sancti Edmundi [written later:] set perficiebantur usque in finem per fratrem Willelmum Barwe huius monasterii sacristani’. Fols. 1–41v line 9 written under John Brinkley, abbot 1361–78, or John Tymworth, abbot 1379–89. William Barrow was sacrist 1407–26.
The first part of the inscription on fol. i and the Bury St Edmunds pressmark ‘.B.46’ are in the hand of Henry de Kirkstead, who probably died shortly after 1378.
Acquired between 1613 and 1620 (Summary Catalogue I p. 102).
Record Sources
Bibliography
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Abbreviations
View list of abbreviations and editorial conventions.
Last Substantive Revision
2018-10-29: Revised to incorporate all information in Watson and SC.