University College MS. 56
Contents
1.
Kalendarium (Christ Church Canterbury) Language(s): Latin
3.
, Commentary on Cantica Sacra Language(s): Middle English
4.
Te deum laudamus and Athanasian Creed Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Support: vellum
Decoration
Flourish initials and penwork borders in red, blue, and purple.
Binding
16th-century leather panelled in blind, diapers with pineapple tool (rebacked, preserving original spine)
History
Provenance and Acquisition
"Calendar of Christ Church, Canterbury, with obits of the Hampton family, 1413-22, fols. 1—5v. Given by Samuel Clarke, commoner 1641, fols. 1, 264v." (Alexander and Temple. See also Coxe.)
Record Sources
Summary description based on the following sources.
J. J. G. Alexander and Elzbieta Temple, Illuminated manuscripts in Oxford college libraries, the University Archives and the Taylor Institution (Oxford, 1985), Cat. No. 395 [information on decoration and origin]
S. J. Ogilvie-Thomson (ed.), The Index of Middle English Prose VIII: Manuscripts Containing Middle English Prose in Oxford College Libraries (Cambridge, 1991), p. 105
Availability
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Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2022-01-13: Record created.