MS. Bodl. 341
Summary Catalogue no.: 2445
Contents
1.
, Polychronicon Rubric: Liber primus in historiam policronicam
Explicit: mare tranquillitatem, Scocia concordiam, ecclesia libertatem. Explicit Historia policronica
With three prefaces; ends at 1327
There are notes in the margins
Language(s): Latin
2. (fol. 137)
Historia de proeliis Alexandri magni Rubric: Hystoria magni regis Alexandri de proeliis
Incipit: Sapientissimi namque Egyptij
Explicit: uox plangencium quasi tonitruum
(version J2) Catchwords 'ita quod totam'
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: i + 160 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 14.75 × 9 in.
Condition
A leaf or two is lost near the end
Layout
2 cols
History
Provenance and Acquisition
'Edo. Orwell. 17. Martij 1577.': Edward Orwell, -1591/2, owner also of Lambeth Palace MSS. 174 and 371, and the 1462 Mainz bible at Peterhouse Cambridge (Perne Library, shelfmark S. 10b)
Probably acquired 1618-1620
Record Sources
Description adapted (January 2022) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1922). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973)
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (1 image from 35mm slides)
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2023-01-03: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1922)