MS. Bodl. 419
Summary Catalogue no.: 2318
Physical Description
Binding
The binding in 1655 was velvet, see no. 2054, and the title-label, metal bosses, clasps, clasp fittings, and corner-pieces were re-imposed on a leather binding of the 2nd half of the 17th cent.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Tattershall, Lincolnshire, Collegiate church of the Holy Trinity and St Mary the Virgin: 'liber [M. Iohannis] Gigur emptus de Iohanne Smyth de Conygsby', 'precium dimidium marce' (fol. 208r). John Gygour (d. 1504) was master of the college and the donor of several other surviving books. Visible in the list of the Lincolnshire visitor to Tattershall. (MLGB3: evidence from an inscription of ownership by an individual member of a religious house (which may not, however, be evidence for institutional ownership)).
John Gygour (d. 1504), master, by whom given to the college. King Henry VIII Charles Howard, earl of Nottingham, by whom presented to Bodley in 1604. (MLGB3)
MS. Bodl. 419 – Part 1
Contents
Physical Description
History
MS. Bodl. 419 – Part 2
Contents
Physical Description
Decoration
Illuminated capitals.
History
Additional Information
Record Sources
Bibliography
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Last Substantive Revision
2022-04-04: Add binding information from Summary Catalogue.