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MS. Bodl. 374

Summary Catalogue no.: 2484

Contents

1.
Augustine, De civitate dei
Rubric: Aurelii Augustini Ypponiensis episcopi De Ciuitate Dei liber primus

Preceded by the Retractationes and ends with 'Terminus hic denis est libris cum duodenis'

Language(s): Latin
2.
Poem on De civitate dei
Incipit: Munere multiplici mirabilis enituisti

Mutilated poem, 12-16 lines long. The first eight lines are intact

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
iii + 225 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 13.5 × 10.625 in.

Layout

2 cols

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander iii. 155

Good and other initials

History

Origin: 12th century, middle ; England

Provenance and Acquisition

Chichester, West Sussex, Cathedral church of Holy Trinity: Identification by pressmark, according to M. R. James: 'Augustinus de Civitate dei ijdo. fo gilium h. vj.' (fol. 1r), s. xiv (MLGB3)

Given by Ralph Barlow in 1606

MS. Bodl. 374, flyleaves

Contents

(Fols ii–iii, 223–224)
Sarum Missal
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Parchment
Extent: parts of four leaves

History

Origin: 14th century ; England

Additional Information

Record Sources

Description adapted (March 2023) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1922). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973)
Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 1, p. 391

Bibliography

    Online resources:

    MLGB3: Medieval Libraries of Great Britain

    Printed descriptions:

    S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 5: Fragments - Mass Books (typescript, 1957), p. 196

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2023-03-09: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1922)