MS. Bodl. 478

Summary Catalogue no.: 2011

1. (fol. 1)

Ambrose, De poenitentia

Rubric: Liber primus beati Ambrosij de Penitencia

Language(s): Latin

2. (fol. 40)

Ambrose, De uiduis

Rubric: Liber sancti Ambrosij de Viduis

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: parchment

Extent: i + 62 leaves

Dimensions (leaf): 8.75 × 6.375 in.

Decoration

Good decorative initials. (P&A i. 216)

Binding

Stamped leather on boards with chamfered edges, clasp lost, 15th cent. Dutch work.

History

Origin: 15th century, middle ; Netherlands

Provenance and Acquisition

Doesburg, Holland, Brothers of the Common Life: 'Liber domus clericorum in Doesborch', 15th cent.

William James, -1617: 'Sent by John Gibson to doctear James the 30 of October, and gott at the wininge [?] of Dospero [i.e. Doesborch?] in Gylderland', about A.D. 1600.

Acquired not later than 1602.

Record Sources

Description adapted (April 2020) from the following sources:

Otto Pächt and J. J. G. Alexander, Illuminated Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford, III (1966), no. 216 [decoration, origin, date]

Summary Catalogue (1922) [contents, physical description, provenance and acquisition]

Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 1, p. 162

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2020-04-14: Description revised to incorporate all information in SC.

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