A catalogue of Western manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries and selected Oxford colleges

Brasenose College MS. 8

Contents

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Parchment
Extent: 214 leaves
Dimensions (leaf): 313 × 199 mm.

Condition

Wants 1st leaf and leaf C1 (?)

Layout

Dark brown ink, single column, 50 lines, marginal prickings, ruled in plummet.

Decoration

Decorative initials in red and blue ink

Binding

18th century calf binding, blind tooled panel design.

History

Origin: Mid 15th century ; Northern France (?) or southern Netherlands (?)

Provenance and Acquisition

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. 2

Bibliography

Last Substantive Revision

2023: First online publication.