MS. Bodl. 294
Summary Catalogue no.: 2449
Contents
This copy exhibits G.C. Macaulay's second or mixed recension (English Works of John Gower, i. clv), having the early preface and the rewritten conclusion.
With three short Latin pieces
Physical Description
Layout
2 cols
Decoration
Illuminator: Herman Scheerre;cf. Cf. MS. Bodley 902 (Pächt and Alexander iii. 813, pl. LXXIX)
Fine miniatures (fols. 4v and 9r)
Fine borders (prologue to the Confessio Amantis and the six last books)
Fine initials
Binding
Leather on boards, contemporary English work, all eight bosses now lost, and the original binding has been coloured in the 16th century and covered with lines and stamps by an inexperienced hand.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
'Liber. Rad⟨ulphi⟩ ⟨Gol⟩dewall [??]' 15th century
'John Perrye Elissabeth Dere [?]', 16th century
Presented to the Bodleian by 'Edwarde Fletewoode' in 1601
Record Sources
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (4 images from 35mm slides)
Bibliography
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2022-10-14: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1922)