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

MS. Bodl. 304

Summary Catalogue no.: 2107

Contents

Language(s): Latin

Gregory the Great, Homiliae XL in Euangelia
Rubric: Primus liber Omeliarum beati Gregorii pape

With preface: preceded by a list of sermons.

Fol. 89 is part of a 14th cent. list of inquisitions, partly illegible: the manor of 'Tywarnaille' [Tywarnhaile, Cornwall] occurs twice.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: ii + 89 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 13.375 × 9.125 in.

Layout

2 cols.

Decoration

Coloured capitals.

Binding

White leather on bevelled boards, clasps lost, English 15th cent. work.

History

Origin: 14th century, middle ; English

Provenance and Acquisition

'Liber Jo. Martyne ...' 15th cent.

Windsor, collegiate chapel: 'Usual chain mark. Title with note of 2o fol. (s. xv) above. Pressmark ‘C.Q’ near top of backboard' (MLGB3).

The words 'Wymundus Manniyng Hamptonnys grene' written as one word occur twice in a 16th cent. hand.

Presented by the dean and canons of Windsor in 1612.

Record Sources

Description adapted (May 2020) from the Summary Catalogue (1922), with additional reference to published literature as cited.

Bibliography

Last Substantive Revision

2020-05-18: Description revised to incorporate all information in SC.