MS. Bodl. 396
Summary Catalogue no.: 2227
Contents
, Etymologiae
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Decoration
Illuminated capitals.
Binding
Poor red leather on older boards, early 16th cent. Reading work.
History
Origin: c. 1300
Provenance and Acquisition
Reading, Berkshire, Benedictine abbey of Saint Mary the Virgin (?) : The Reading provenance of Auct. F.3.3, Bodl. 396, 631, 639 is inferred from the character of the binding s. xvi (?), which resembles that of Auct. D.1.19, D.2.12, D.3.12, D.3.15. D.4.18, Bodl. 200, 413. (MLGB3: inferred evidence).
Wm Burdet of Sonning, 1608. (MLGB3)
Record Sources
Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1922).
Bibliography
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Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2022-04-04: Add binding information from Summary Catalogue.