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MS. Bodl. 354

Summary Catalogue no.: 2432

Contents

Lives of Saints,

commemorated between 9th October and 31st December, with additions

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Initials.

Binding

The sides (only) of the old binding executed for Henry VIII are inlaid in the brown leather cover of the latter part of the 17th cent., and each bears within a border of gold ornament the arms and badges of the king with: DIEV: ET: MON: DROIT .:. REX: HENRICVS: VIII', and twice a crowned rose between K and H.: there is now an American cloth cover.

History

Origin: 12th century, first half ; English

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1922).
Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 1, p. 361
Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 1, p. 362

Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 2: Office Books (typescript, 1957), p. 175

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2022-04-04: Add binding information from Summary Catalogue.