University College MS. 82

Cartulary of St John's Beverley (Beverley Minster)

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: vellum

Decoration

"Fine historiated initials (drawings). Calligraphic interlace initials." (Alexander and Temple) Late fourtheenth century drawing of Athelstan and St John of Beverley (f. 7r).

Binding

"Metal cross, a roundel with a distich under horn cover on more recent binding of brown leather on pasteboard." (Alexander and Temple)

History

Origin: 15th century ; England.

Provenance and Acquisition

"St. John's, Beverley, Yorks." (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. 24

J. J. G. Alexander and Elzbieta Temple, Illuminated manuscripts in Oxford college libraries, the University Archives and the Taylor Institution (Oxford, 1985), Cat. No. 548 [information on decoration and origin]

Availability

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Last Substantive Revision

2022-01-13: Record created.

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