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MS. Bodl. 459

Summary Catalogue no.: 2415

Contents

2.
Jerome, Apologia aduersus libros Rufini (part)
Language(s): Latin
3.
Rufinus, Apologia contra Hieronynum
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Good diagrams. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 312, pl. XXVII)

History

Origin: 13th century, beginning ; English

Provenance and Acquisition

Windsor, Berkshire, Royal collegiate chapel of St George: No Windsor marks but in Benefactor's book. (MLGB3: inferred evidence).

Handsome MS. Inscription of ownership in 1 3/4 lines on fol. ii verso hopelessly erased, below table of contents begins "In hoc volumine continentur hec ...". (MLGB3)

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1922). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973).
Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 1, p. 356
Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 1, p. 357

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (2 images from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

    Online resources:

    MLGB3: Medieval Libraries of Great Britain

    Printed descriptions:

    S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 3: Rituals and Directories (typescript, 1957), p. 69

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2021-12-14: Add provenance information from MLGB3.