MS. Bodl. 357
Summary Catalogue no.: 2452
Contents
Followed by Books 1-4. This is a fine copy of the first recension. At fol. iv verso is a list of the persons commemorated in the first book
A collection of copies of about 180-190 letters from Pope Alexander III to English bishops and abbots or (in a few cases) to foreign bishops: there are also a few letters from Pope Eugenius III, e.g. at fol. 112
Physical Description
Layout
2 cols
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Bridlington, Yorkshire, Augustinian priory of St Mary the Virgin: 'Liber sancte Marie de Brillinctuna' (s. xiii); 'Liber sancte Marie de Bridelingtone, qui hunc alienauerit anathema sit' (s. xiii)(MLGB3)
Under Pressmark 'littera .J.' in the 15th century
Acquired not later than 1602
Record Sources
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (4 images from 35mm slides)
Bibliography
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Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2023-01-12: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1922)