MS. Bodl. 296
Summary Catalogue no.: 2467
Contents
Old Testament (later Wycliffite version)
Containing Genesis-Psalms cxlviii.8 ('alle depyis of watris. Fyr, ha[il... ......] tempestis ...'), without prologues. The copyist apparently ceased at this point (fol. 197r) or at the end of the Psalms, but the greater part of the leaf is cut off
Language(s): Middle English
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: vi + 199 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 16.75 × 7.875 in.
Condition
Most of fol. 197r is cut off
Layout
2 cols
Decoration
Illuminated border
Capitals
History
Provenance and Acquisition
'Fulford' (15th cent.) is on fol. 198. 'T. Herbert' is on fol. 1 and is perhaps his signature
Given by Sir Thomas Herbert, Baronet of York on June 15, 1666
MS. Bodl. 296, fol. vi
Contents
Language(s): Latin
(fol. vi)
Breviary A fragment from a 15th century noted Breviary of English origin
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Layout
Musical Notation:
Musical notation.
History
Provenance
Additional Information
Record Sources
Description adapted (January 2022) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1922)
Bibliography
Printed descriptions:
Elizabeth Solopova, Manuscripts of the Wycliffite Bible in the Bodleian and Oxford College Libraries (Liverpool, 2016), cat. 4
S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 6: Fragments - Office Books, Rituals, Directories (typescript, 1957), p. 229
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2023-01-20: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1922)