MS. Bodl. 489
Summary Catalogue no.: 2069
Contents
Language(s): Latin
, Viaticum
Rubric: Incipit Viaticus
The list of chapters is headed '... Capitula libri primi Viatici Constantini Affricani': in seven books, a Practica medicinae.
There are some miscellaneous notes on foll. i, 75.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: ii + 77 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 10 × 7 in.
Decoration
Good historiated initials. (Fol. 2v: the author (?) holding a book).
Other initials. (Pächt and Alexander i. 493)
History
Provenance and Acquisition
'... . ⟨hab⟩et illum librum in pignore cum ... quat⟨ernis(?)⟩', 14th cent.
'Constat Gilberto Leye', 16th cent.
Presented by (sir) Richard Worseley in 1607.
MS. Bodl. 489 - binding leaves
Contents
Language(s): Latin
Sermons
Parts of two leaves: cf. MS. Bodl. 177 (SC 2072).
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
History
Origin: 13th century
Additional Information
Record Sources
Description adapted (April 2020) from the following sources:
Otto Pächt and J. J. G. Alexander, Illuminated Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, I (1966), no. 493 [decoration, origin, date]
Summary Catalogue (1922) [contents, physical description, provenance and acquisition]
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (2 images from 35mm slides)
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2020-05-04: Description revised to incorporate all information in SC.