MS. Bodl. 336
Summary Catalogue no.: 2336
Contents
, Legenda aurea
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Canterbury, Kent, Benedictine cathedral priory of Holy Trinity or Christ Church: "Legenda sanctorum W. de Ledeberi" (s. xiv). "Ex prima demonstracione" (s. xv). "Frater Tho. Lee" (s. xvi). Christ Church marginal marking. (MLGB3: evidence from an inscription consisting of a title or, when a pressmark, a personal name in the genitive case).
"Sir Robert Cotton [1571–1631] gave it." (MLGB3)
ALCD no. 1793 (p. 141) which is wrongly identified by James with C. U. L. Ff.5.31. (MLGB3)
Record Sources
Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1922). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973).
Bibliography
Online resources:
Printed descriptions:
S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 2: Office Books (typescript, 1957), p. 373b
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2021-12-14: Add provenance information from MLGB3.