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MS. Bodl. 396

Summary Catalogue no.: 2227

Contents

Isidore, Etymologiae
Rubric: Opus Isidori episcopi de disciplina et arte secundum ethimologiam

Other titles are 'Grammatica ars' (fol. 28) and (later) 'Ethymologie'. There are the usual letters between Isidorus and Braulio at fol. 27, and lists of chapters before each book, as well as two other similar lists (foll. 20v, 24) ,and an index of subjects (fol. 1), added, slightly later, in two hands.

There are also notes, partly written with a metal stilus.

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: i + 172 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 10.875 × 7.875 in.

Layout

2 cols.

Decoration

Illuminated capitals.

Binding

Poor red leather on older boards, early 16th century Reading work.

History

Origin: c. 1300

Provenance and Acquisition

Reading, Berkshire, Benedictine abbey of Saint Mary the Virgin (?) : The Reading provenance of MS. Auct. F.3.3, MS. Bodl. 396, MS. Bodl. 631, MS. Bodl. 639 is inferred from the character of the binding s. xvi (?) which resembles that of MS. Auct. D.1.19, MS. Auct. D.2.12, MS. Auct. D.3.12, MS. Auct. D.3.15, MS. Auct. D.4.18, MS. Bodl. 200, MS. Bodl. 413 (MLGB3)

Presented by William Burdet of Sonning, 1608

Record Sources

Description adapted (Oct. 2022) from the Summary Catalogue (1922), with additional reference to other published literature as cited.
Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 1, p. 268

Bibliography

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2022-10: Revised to incorporate all information in printed catalogues.