MS. Bodl. 398
Summary Catalogue no.: 2229
Physical Description
Composite: fols. 1–113 || fols. 114–175
Musical Notation:
Notation on staves (see van Dijk 1957).
Binding
Leather stained red on boards, 15th cent. English work.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Newark, Surrey, Augustinian priory of St Mary the Virgin and St Thomas the Martyr (?) : (MLGB3: inferred evidence).
"Sir Geo. More gave it 1604". (MLGB3)
The provenance of Bodl. 207 and 398 is inferred from the similarity of the medieval bindings to that of Auct. D.inf.2.10. Red leather over boards. (MLGB3)
MS. Bodl. 398 – Part 1
Contents
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Decoration
Initials, with additions of 13th century, beginning. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 246)
History
MS. Bodl. 398 – Part 2
Contents
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Decoration
Initials. (Pächt and Alexander i. 515)
History
Additional Information
Record Sources
Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1922). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973).
Bibliography
Online resources:
Printed descriptions:
S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 2: Office Books (typescript, 1957), p. 149
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2022-04-04: Add binding information from Summary Catalogue.