MS. Bodl. 291
Summary Catalogue no.: 2442
Contents
Introduction:
Main text:
A digest of the Canon Law according to subject, in 36 divisions (distinctiones), of which a summary is at fol. 1. Fols 7-46 are occupied with a long introduction in 101 distinctiones, of which a partial list is on fol. 6v. Two extra distinctions occur in the summary (37-38), and seem to occupy fols 162v-end, but the last leaf (fol. 179) is damaged and it is possible that additional folios have been lost.
The first words of chapter 1 (fol. 7r) are missing, as the initial, etc. has not been filled in (MLGB3)
Kuttner, Repertorium, p. 270 (s. xii)There are marginal notes
Physical Description
Condition
Layout
2 cols
Binding
The old binding has been repaired, with white parchment on older (original?) rounded boards. English work with mark of an old clamp at foot of each cover
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Exeter, Devon, Cathedral church of St Peter: (MLGB3: evidence of dicta probatoria, usually a secundo folio).
Apparently acquired in 1603-1604, and described in 1605 as 'Excerpta ex Decretalibus'
Record Sources
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Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2022-12-06: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1922)