MS. Bodl. 344

Summary Catalogue no.: 2407

Henry of Bracton, De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliae

Incipit: Incipit liber domini . H. de Bracton

Then a list of the chapters, divided into centuriae, making a total of 1067

Incipit: In rege qui recte regit

Explicit: preceptum siue non

Colophon: Hoc opus est factum | Scriptor tenuit benepactum | Non petit incaustum | Set uini nobilis haustum

One leaf of the list of chapters is wanting, after p. x. There are a few notes.

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: parchment

Extent: xx + 508 pages

Dimensions (binding): 14.125 × 9.75 in.

Layout

2 cols

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander iii. 554

Fine historiated borders

Fine initial

Grotesques

History

Origin: written in the first half of the 14th century ; England

Provenance and Acquisition

Given by Edwarde Fletewoode in 1601

Record Sources

Description adapted (Oct. 2022) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1922). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973).

Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 1, p. 353

Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 1, p. 354

Abbreviations

View list of abbreviations and editorial conventions.

Last Substantive Revision

2022-10-16: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1922)

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