MS. Bodl. 271
Summary Catalogue no.: 1938
Physical Description
Layout
2 cols.
Binding
Stamped leather on boards, English 15th cent. work, probably of Canterbury, in a green baize cover.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Part 1, which was written at Canterbury and remained there until at least 1508, was supplemented in the fifteenth century by part 2. MLGB notes: 'A hand s. xvi? adds to the original table of contents (which agrees with the catalogue entry no. 62): "Explanacio super cantica canticorum quam pulcherrima" and this is found at the end of the book.'
Given by Abraham, Isaac and Jacob Colfe in 1616.
MS. Bodl. 271 – Part 1
Contents
To the former is prefixed the passage of the Proslogion which caused the treatise.
Several of the pieces have lists of chapters prefixed.
Physical Description
Decoration
Fine historiated initial.
Other initials. By two hands, the first the same as the Josephus, Cambridge, St John's College, MS. 8.(Pächt and Alexander iii. 86, pl. VIII)
History
Provenance
Christ Church, Canterbury, pressmark ‘Distinctio ija Gradus viiius’ (fol. i recto) repeated, ? s. xiv; 'Opuscula anselmi maiora. De prima monstratione primus' (fol. i recto), s. xiii. (MLGB) Identifiable in the catalogue of Henry de Eastry (James, Ancient Libraries, p. 23 (no. 62)) and the booklist of 1508 (ibid. p. 157 (no. 144)).
MS. Bodl. 271 – Part 2
Contents
Followed by an index.
Physical Description
Decoration
Coloured capitals.
History
Additional Information
Record Sources
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (8 images from 35mm slides)
Bibliography
Online resources:
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2020-04-02: Revised to incorporate all information in SC.