A catalogue of Western manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries and selected Oxford colleges

MS. Bodl. 459

Summary Catalogue no.: 2415

Contents

Language(s): Latin

1. (fol. 1)
Richard of St.Victor, De templo Ezechielis
Rubric: Prologus Ricardi de Sancto Victore in Tractatum ad litteram de edificiis Templi in Ezechielem

Followed by the treatise, with coloured drawings.

The nearly contemporary list of contents on fol. ii v shows that two treatises have at this point dropped out, but their titles are erased. There are signs that the volume has been exposed to injury, e. g. at fol. 61v.

2. (fol. 38)
Jerome, Apologia aduersus libros Rufini (part)

'De epistola Epiphanii', 'aduersus Rufinum', part of st. Jerome's Apologia adversus libros Rufini, beginning with 'Te autem frater liberet Deus ... et maxime Rufinum ...' (Apol. iii. 23-43).

3. (fol. 45v)
Rufinus, Apologia contra Hieronynum
Rubric: Rufinus contra Ieronimum

In two books

Incipit: Relegi scripta Aproniane

On fol. 82 follow some 14th cent. forms of Benedictio salis ad pecora sananda, seminis, salis et aquae ad omnia animalia.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Dimensions (binding): 11.625 × 8.375 in.

Condition

In parts badly stained.

Layout

2 cols.

Decoration

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

History

Origin: 13th century, beginning ; English

Provenance and Acquisition

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)

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

Presented by the dean and canons of Windsor in 1612.

Record Sources

Description adapted (2024) from the Summary Catalogue (1922). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973).

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (2 images from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

    Online resources:

    Printed descriptions:

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

Last Substantive Revision

2024-11: Description revised to incorporate all information from Summary Catalogue.