MS. Bodl. 392
Summary Catalogue no.: 2223
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Physical Description
Decoration
Ornamental capitals.
Binding
Plain white sheepskin (15th cent. English work?) over older boards and sewing, repaired.; with some ornamental capitals, etc..
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Salisbury, Wiltshire, Cathedral church of St Mary the Virgin; see removed from Sherborne in 1078: 'Iste liber est Sancte Marie Sar. qui eum furatus fuerit vel celauer[it] vel titulum istum deleuerit anatema sit' on front pastedown (s. xii). (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).
Cope, 1602. (MLGB3)
Medieval binding. Marginal marking 'D. M.' in same hand (s. xii) as in other MSS. from Salisbury: the same scribe s. xii wrote the letters 'D.M.' as a 'nota bene' sign in the margins of Aberdeen UL 216, Bodl. 392, 444 (fols. 1–27), 756, 765, 768, 835; Fell 1, 4; Rawl. C.723; Salisbury Cath. 10, 24, 25, 37, 67, 78, 88, 106, 128, 129, 135, 140, 154, 159, 165. (MLGB3)
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Last Substantive Revision
2022-04-04: Add binding information from Summary Catalogue.