University College MS. 71

Septuplum

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: vellum

Decoration

"Good initials. Penwork initials, cadels." (Alexander and Temple)

Binding

Trimmed chemise binding, tawed leather. "Contemporary binding of white leather on boards." (Alexander and Temple)

History

Origin: s. XVin. ; England

Provenance and Acquisition

"olim liber Magistri Hawkyns, ex dono Roberti Page, postea coll. Univ. ex dono Willelmi Hawkyns." (Coxe) "Given by William Hawkyns, fellow, 1527, fol. 14v." (Alexander and Temple)

Record Sources

Summary description based on the following sources.

H. O. Coxe, Catalogus codicum mss. qui in collegiis aulisque Oxoniensibus hodie adservantur (1852), p. 21

J. J. G. Alexander and Elzbieta Temple, Illuminated manuscripts in Oxford college libraries, the University Archives and the Taylor Institution (Oxford, 1985), Cat. No. 479 [information on decoration and origin]

Availability

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Last Substantive Revision

2022-01-13: Record created.

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