University College MS. 112

Petrus, Comestor, active 12th century, Historia Scholastica

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: vellum

Decoration

Illuminated."Fine historiated and other initials. Good penwork initials." (Alexander and Temple, p. 65)

Binding

14th-century doeskin over wooden boards to text block, parallel raised bands.

History

Origin: 13th century, beginning ; France.

Provenance and Acquisition

"The will of Stephanus atte Roche, vicar of Fen Ditton, Cambs., 1381, formerly lining the upper cover of the binding, is now University College MS. 192, fol. 29." (Alexander and Temple)

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. 655 [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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