MS. Bodl. 371
Summary Catalogue no.: 2717
Contents
A leaf is lost at the end, the text ending with 'quod tremere pos-' in 2 Chron. xxxvi
Physical Description
Layout
2 cols
Binding
White leather on boards, clasps lost, English 15th century work, with an extra cover of white leather, and a leather book-marker (Summary Catalogue). 'Original white leather binding on boards with chemise' (Pächt and Alexander)
Nailmarks at each corner and in the centre of the front cover; bosses formerly on each corner and in the centre of both covers ; cf. MS. Bodl. 395 (MLGB3)
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Buildwas, Shropshire, Savigniac and (1147) Cistercian abbey of St Mary the Virgin and St Chad: 'Liber monachorum sancte Marie de Bildewas' (fol. 1v, s. xiii)
Windsor, collegiate chapel: 'Expositio petri cantoris 2o fo uel falsum' above traces of Windsor pressmark (?) at top of back board. Pressmark 'C J' on flyleaf (fol. i verso) (MLGB3)
Given by the dean and canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor, 1612
Record Sources
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (10 images from 35mm slides)
Bibliography
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2023-01-06: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1922)