MS. Bodl. 251
Summary Catalogue no.: 2332
Contents
The first two leaves have been torn out, the text beginning 'teria possit distingui'.
Physical Description
Layout
2 cols.
Decoration
Pächt and Alexander i. 614, pl. XLVI
Fine coloured drawings.
Fine coloured diagrams.
Fine borders.
Fine initials.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
William Courtenay: "Prima pars Lyre Willelmi Cowrtenay Cantuariensis archiepiscopi" [s. xiv ex.]. The volume was left by the Archbishop to his nephew Richard Courtenay with reversion to Canterbury on his death (1415).
On fol. 398 are four notes of the MS. having been deposited in the Waugham chest of Oxford University: two are almost illegible (dated 1401, 1403), but the third runs 'Caucio magistri Johannis Blew, Ricardi Courtenay, Roberti Newby, Wileimi Oldeni [?], Philippi Morgan, magistri Thome ... , exposita in cista Waugham Hussy pro xviij marcis in festo Sancti Thome martiris anno Domini M° CCCC° ij°'. (See Bodleian Quarterly Record, Vol. II, no. 17.)
Canterbury, Kent, Benedictine cathedral priory of Holy Trinity or Christ Church Prima pars lyre quam Willelmus Courtenay dedit ecclesie Christi Cantuariensi", s. xv (flyleaf ii verso, facing fol. 1r of text). Christ Church signs in margins passim. (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution). Catalogue of 1508 (M. R. James, Ancient Libraries of Canterbury, etc. (1903), p. 152).
Given by Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob Colfe, 1616.
Record Sources
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (15 images from 35mm slides)
Bibliography
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Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2024-09: Description revised to incorporate all information from Summary Catalogue.