MS. Bodl. 355
Summary Catalogue no.: 2444
Physical Description
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Notes on calendar added, fols. ii recto, iii verso.
The three parts of this manuscript were bound together in the 15th century.
When bound together, arts 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 seem to have been marked B-F.
Fols 159-223: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Franciscan convent: 'Isti 6 quaterni sunt de ordine Fratrum Minorum & custodia Cantebrigiensis' (fol. 159r, s. xiv, referring to Part 3). 'Istós 6 quaternos contulit frater Thomas Totyngdon fratri Thome de Wynbotisham qui eos contulit postea fratri Iohanni de Wynbotisham \ad vitam et post conuentui Walsinghamie/' (fol. 159r, s. xv) (MLGB3)
Fols 159-223: Walsingham, Norfolk, Franciscan convent: see above (MLGB3)
The (15th century) name 'Bychyngham' is on fol. 188v and 'Wychyn' on the next page, cf. fols 161, 166
Probably acquired by the Library c. 1618-1620
MS. Bodl. 355 – Part A
Contents
Almost the whole of the first leaf is missing
At fol. 10v and 11r the text is continued in a rather later and very different hand, also responsible for annotating the earlier folios
The chronicle appears to end with Boniface VIII (1296)
Fols 31r-32v are about the topography of Rome
Written in the hand that annotated and continued the preceding item.
On fol. 32v, a 17th century hand erroneously attributes this chronicle to Walter of Coventry (see Stubbs' edition of Walter [Rolls Series, 1872] i, p. xxvi).
Physical Description
History
MS. Bodl. 355 – Part B
Contents
Preceded by a list of chapters
(Translation from Arabic by Constantinus Africanus)With a list of chapters
Some leaves are lost
(Translation from Arabic by Constantinus Africanus)Physical Description
Layout
2 cols
History
MS. Bodl. 355 – Part C
Contents
Ends during the commentary on the 10th book, some leaves being lost
A 17th century hand erroneously attributes the commentary to Petrus de Aluernia
Physical Description
Layout
2 cols
History
MS. Bodl. 355, flyleaves, fols 224-226
Contents
Physical Description
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Additional Information
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Last Substantive Revision
2022-12-26: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1922)