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MS. Bodl. 377

Summary Catalogue no.: 2745

Contents

Thomas Aquinas, Catena aurea on Matthew and Mark
Rubric: Euangelia Mathei & Marchi glosata per fratrem Thomam \Aquinum/Alquinum canonizatum. Johannes & Lucas sunt in alio volumine

The rubric and annotations are in the hand of Bishop Grandison. The other volume is MS. Bodl. 380. The two volumes are brothers, not twins.

(fol. 1) Gospel of Matthew

(fol. 197v) Gospel of Mark

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: iii + 259 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 14 × 9 in.

Condition

Discoloration due to damp at the beginning and end

Layout

2 or more cols

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander i. 567, pl. XLII

Fine historiated borders

Initials

Binding

Stamped white sheepskin (about 1602) over older sewing and boards

History

Origin: c. 1300 ; France, Paris

Provenance and Acquisition

Perhaps given to Exeter Cathedral (see below) by Thomas de Lechelade (d. 1309) (Oliver, Lives, p. 309) (MLGB3)

Annotated by John Grandison.

Exeter, Devon, Cathedral church of St Peter: "Liber Ecclesie Cathedralis Exoniensis" (s. xv). (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription and from marginalia, sometimes distinctive of a particular house or known scribe)

MS. Bodl. 377 (vol. i) and MS. Bodl. 380 (vol. ii) form one set (MLGB3)

Presented by the Dean and Chapter of Exeter, 1602

Record Sources

Description adapted (November 2022) 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. 525

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (1 image from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2022-11-29: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1922)