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University College MS. 61

Physical Description

Form: codex

Composite manuscript in 3 parts

Binding

Contemporary brown leather over boards.

History

Origin: 1200–1400 ; England

Provenance and Acquisition

"Iste liber pertinet communitate Fratrum Solopiæ." (fol. 2v) "olim Thomæ Browne, postea coll. Univ. ex dono Tho. Walker, magistri." (Coxe) "Richard Gosmore, fellow of Magdalen College (d. 1547); Thomas Broune, Christ Church scholar, vicar of Kingsclere (d. 1587), fol. Iv. Given by Thomas Walker, master (d. 1665), fol. 2." (Alexander and Temple)

University College MS. 61 - Part 1

Contents

1.
Valerius, Ad Ruffinam
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

History

Origin: 14th century, beginning

University College MS. 61 - Part 2

Contents

1.
Gregory, I, Pope, approximately 540-604, Sermon on Ezekiel
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

History

Origin: 13th century

University College MS. 61 - Part 3

Contents

1.
Meditation of St Bernard
Language(s): Latin
2.
Jerome, pseudo, Lives of the Desert Fathers
Language(s): Latin
3.
Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo, Edicta de animæ egressione a corpore
Language(s): Latin
4.
Vita Fursei, ed. by Bede
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

History

Origin: 14th century

Additional Information

Record Sources

Summary description based on the following sources.

H. O. Coxe, Catalogus codicum mss. qui in collegiis aulisque Oxoniensibus hodie adservantur (1852), p. 18
J. J. G. Alexander and Elzbieta Temple, Illuminated manuscripts in Oxford college libraries, the University Archives and the Taylor Institution (Oxford, 1985), Cat. No. 304 [information on decoration and origin]

Availability

For permission to use images of this manuscript, please contact University College Library: library@univ.ox.ac.uk

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Last Substantive Revision

2022-01-13: Record created.

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