MS. Bodl. 479
Summary Catalogue no.: 2013
Contents
, De tabernaculo
Rubric: Expositio uenerabilis Bede presbiteri de Tabernaculo et uasis eius ac uestibus sacerdotum
In three books each with a list of chapters.
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: ii + 75 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 10 × 6.625 in.
Condition
In parts discoloured by damp.
Binding
Stamped white sheepskin (about 1602) on older sewing.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
For date and origin see R. Gameson, 'The origin of the Exeter book of Old English poetry', Anglo-Saxon England 25 (1996), 157.
'Liber Clerobaldi,' about a.d. 1200 (?): identified by F. Rose-Troup ( Exeter Vignettes (1942) 9–19) as Clarembald (d. 1130 × 1133).
Exeter Cathedral: identifiable in the catalogues of 1327 and 1506 (G. Oliver, Lives of the Bishops of Exeter (1861), pp. 303, 371), and see by Leland (MLGB).
Presented by the dean and chapter of Exeter in 1602.
Record Sources
Description adapted (April 2020) from the Summary Catalogue (1922), with additional reference to published literature as cited.
Bibliography
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2020-04-14: Description revised to incorporate all information in SC.