MS. Bodl. 356
Summary Catalogue no.: 2716
Contents
Missing the first six leaves
Begins (in Book 2, Chapter 4) 'hominis deuotis amplexibus amplexaris'
Title from fol 52v. The author's name is on the back. Books 2-6 begin on fols 52v, 84, 122v, 168, 211v
Physical Description
Condition
Layout
2 cols
Binding
White parchment on boards, clasp etc. lost. English 14th century work, worn, one board broken. An offset on the last cover shows that two leaves of an 11th century (?) Latin missal have been removed.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, Benedictine abbey of St Edmund, King and Martyr
The Bury pressmark, 'A.162' (with a title) on the back of the manuscript, shows that it was was at Bury St Edmund's in the 14th century. It appears to be no. 13 in Leland's list of manuscripts seen there and no. 152 in Thomas James's list of manuscripts seen at Pembroke College, Cambridge, as part of the gift of William Smart in 1599
Apparently acquired between 1613 and 1620
Record Sources
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (1 image from 35mm slides)
Bibliography
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Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2023-01-01: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1922)