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MS. Bodl. 239

Summary Catalogue no.: 2244

Contents

Isidore, Etymologiae
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Good initials. (Pächt and Alexander i. 465)

History

Origin: 12th century, beginning ; French, Normandy

Provenance and Acquisition

Exeter, Devon, Cathedral church of St Peter: (MLGB3: inferred evidence).

(No doubt) Presented by the Dean and Chapter of Exeter, 1602 (but not in the list). (MLGB3)

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1922). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1966).
Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 1, p. 276

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (3 images from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

Abbreviations

View list of abbreviations and editorial conventions.

Last Substantive Revision

2021-12-14: Add provenance information from MLGB3.