MS. Bodl. 269
Summary Catalogue no.: 1935
Contents
Physical Description
Layout
2 cols.
Decoration
Important miniature (coloured drawing), fol. iii recto: the Virgin and Child, the former seated and crowned, with sceptre.
Fine initials. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 102, pl. X)
Binding
White leather on boards, much worn, clasp lost, English xvth cent. work.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Eynsham Abbey: pressmark ‘.B. IIII’, 14th cent., in red on fol. 1r, cf. MS. Laud Lat. 31; marginalia perhaps in the same hand (s. xiv) as in MS. Laud Lat. 31 (MLGB).
'C⟨aucio …⟩ Roberti [...] exposita in Cista de [...] et habet vnum Supplementum [...]" on verso of last leaf. (MLGB)
Windsor, collegiate chapel. '"SV" on fol. i recto, formerly pastedown. Medieval binding generally like MS. Bodl. 192. Usual chainmark.' (MLGB3)
Presented by the dean and chapter of Windsor in 1612: with library mark.
Record Sources
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (15 images from 35mm slides)
Bibliography
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2020-04-01: Description revised to include all information in SC.