A catalogue of Western manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries and selected Oxford colleges

MS. Bodl. 300

Summary Catalogue no.: 2474

Contents

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Penwork initials. Diagrams. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 816)

History

Origin: 15th century, beginning ; English

Provenance and Acquisition

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Clare College (formerly University Hall, formerly Clare Hall): 'Ex dono magistri Yngham quondam huius collegii socius' (fol. 1v). John de Ingham was fellow of Clare Hall in 1402 and 1403 (BRUC 326). (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).

Bought for the library with a gift of Sir Robert Cecil, c. 1605. (MLGB3)

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1922). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973).

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (1 image from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

Last Substantive Revision

2021-12-14: Add provenance information from MLGB3.