MS. Bodl. 411
Summary Catalogue no.: 2307
Contents
A later hand has added 'Communis glossa super Psalterium secundum Petrum Lumbardum'
Physical Description
Condition
Layout
2 cols
Decoration
Illuminated capitals.
Binding
The binding in 1655 was velvet, and the title-label, metal bosses, clasps, clasp-fittings and corner-pieces were reimposed on a leather binding of the second half of the 17th century. The metal bosses have disappeared. (For a list of manuscripts with comparable bindings, see MS. Bodl. 218)
History
Provenance and Acquisition
On fol. iv is a Latin note of some customary payments, among which are 4 marks to the 'Abbas de Kircall' [Kirkstall, West Yorkshire], and half a mark to the 'Domina de Tonge' [Tong, West Yorkshire]; written in an early 14th century Scottish (?) hand.
'Liber domini Iohannis de Selestona: delegatus Roberto de Caluerley clerico', late 14th century:
'John Scharp. Caucio magistri Petri Pekering & Roberti Bord exposita in cista de Langton [Oxonie] pro xvs..... anno Domini Millesimo CCCCmo tercio'.
Other entries show that it was in the 'cista de Neel' for 13s 4d or xxs in 1412 (magister Corff), 1416 (magister J. Corfe), and 1418 (with a 'supplementum', secundo folio neat, magister J. Corfe: but 'supplementum dimissum C. Corfe pro vs')
Owned by Henry VIII. See MS. Bodl. 218
Presented by Charles Howard, Earl of Nottingham, in 1604
Record Sources
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2022-11-22: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1922)