MS. Bodl. 245
Summary Catalogue no.: 2127
Contents
Commentary on Leviticus
, Rubric: Incipit prologus domni Radulfi Flauiacensis monachi in tractatu Leuitici
Followed by another prologue and the twenty books of the commentary, and preceded by a list of chapters.
Incipit: (prol.) Cum inter socios aliquando
Incipit: (text) Vocavit autem Dominus ... Huius libri initium
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: ii + 161 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 15 × 10.25 in.
Layout
2 cols.
Decoration
Good initials. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 303)
Binding
In 1655 this had a black velvet binding, see MS. Bodl. 218 (SC 2054), but it was rebound about 1840–50
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Owned by King Henry VIII, see MS. Bodl. 218 (SC 2054). A 16th cent. 'T' occurs on fol. 1.
Presented by Charles Howard, earl of Nottingham, in 1604.
Record Sources
Description adapted (June 2020) from the following sources:
Otto Pächt and J. J. G. Alexander, Illuminated Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, III (1973), no. 303 [decoration, origin, date]
Summary Catalogue (1922) [contents, physical description, provenance and acquisition]
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2020-06-16: Description revised to include all information in SC.