Brasenose College MS. 2
Contents
Biblia Latina
Language(s): Latin
15th century recipe in English and 16th century prayers in English on front flyleaves.
Language(s): Middle English
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Parchment
Extent: 767 leaves [+ 4 flyleaves]
Dimensions (leaf): 161 × 110 mm.
Collation
twelve gatherings (from fol. 450 onwards) marked I-XII in red in outer margin by a contemporary hand
Layout
Double column, writing space 120 × 81 mm. , written in black ink, 44 lines
Decoration
Large illuminated initials (most 7- to 16- lines, but some up to 44 lines)
Fine large penwork initials: books and chapters in alternating red and blue ink with elaborate penwork extensions in alternate colour
Binding
Original [?] wooden boards
Covered in 16th century calf with blind rolled diaper design with medallion roll; chain staple mark on upper board edge; manuscript waste flyleaves
History
Provenance and Acquisition
MS inscription: John Spyeman [?].
Printed book label of Edmund Leigh on leaf 6v. Previous shelfmark ff.1.10.
Record Sources
Description by Sophie Floate. Previously described in H. O. Coxe, Catalogus codicum mss. qui in collegiis aulisque oxoniensibus hodie adservantur, II (1852) [sections separately paginated], Brasenose, p. 1
Bibliography
Alexander, J. J. G., and Elżbieta. Temple. Illuminated Manuscripts in Oxford College Libraries, the University Archives and the Taylor Institution. Oxford: Clarendon, 1985, no. 238
Abbreviations
View list of abbreviations and editorial conventions.
Last Substantive Revision
2023: First online publication.