MS. Bodl. 217
Summary Catalogue no.: 2053
Contents
Language(s): Latin
1. (fol. 1)
, Commentary on Mark Rubric: Expositio uenerabilis Bedę presbiteri in Euangelium Marci
With prologue.
2. (fol. 98)
, Commentary on Canonical Epistles Rubric: uenerabilis Bedę presbiteri super. vii. Canonicas Epistolas
St. James (fol. 98), St. Peter (fols. 115v, 131), St. John (fols. 140v, 160, 161) and St. Jude (fol. 162)
Some theological notes are at fol. i (13th cent.?).
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: i + 165 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 14.125 × 10.5 in.
Layout
2 cols.
Decoration
Good initials. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 91)
Binding
Stamped brown leather on boards, early 17th cent. Oxford work.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Once in the library of Christ Church, Canterbury, no. 89 in M. R. James's Ancient Libraries of Canterbury, p. 26, and no. 120 at. p. 156.
Given by Abraham, Isaac and Jacob Colfe in 1616.
Record Sources
Description adapted (April 2020) from the following sources:
Otto Pächt and J. J. G. Alexander, Illuminated Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, III (1973), no. 91 [decoration, origin, date]
Summary Catalogue (1922) [contents, physical description, provenance and acquisition]
Bibliography
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Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2020-04-27: Description revised to include all information in SC.