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MS. Bodl. 336

Summary Catalogue no.: 2336

Contents

Jacobus de Voragine, Legenda aurea
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander iii. 584:

Fine historiated and other borders.

Fine initials.

History

Origin: 14th century (before 1328) ; English

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).
Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 1, p. 316

Bibliography

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

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

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