MS. Bodl. 494
Summary Catalogue no.: 2108
Physical Description
Condition
Binding
White sheepskin (about 1602) on older sewing and boards.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Exeter cathedral: parts 1-3 at least given by Hugh de Wilton, archdeacon of Taunton (d. after 1236): 'Hunc libram postillarum siue glosarum super Iohannem & M⟨arcum⟩ & Epistolam ad Hebreos dedit Hugo archidiaconus Tantoniensis Deo & Ecclesie beati Petri Exoniensis. vt proprietas ipsius sit Ecclesie. vs⟨us⟩ uero pauperum scolarium. Si quis aliter egerit . incidat in sententiam Oxoniensis concilij contra testamentorum impeditores promulgatam,' an inscription of which a few letters have perished.
Exeter cathedral: identifiable in catalogues of 1327 and 1506 (MLGB3).
Pressmark ‘H’ (MLGB3).
Presented by the dean and chapter of Exeter in 1602.
MS. Bodl. 494 - Part 1
Contents
Physical Description
Layout
2 cols.
History
MS. Bodl. 494 - Part 2
Contents
The first column is written on the last leaf of the preceding piece by the scribe of part 1.
Physical Description
Layout
2 cols.
History
MS. Bodl. 494 - Part 3
Contents
At the foot of the first page is a 13th cent. note 'secundum magistrum Robertům Melidunensem' (half cut off).
Physical Description
Layout
2 cols.
History
MS. Bodl. 494 - Part 4
Contents
The Latin text of Ezek. xl. i-xliii. 17 is added at fol. 168 on a separate gathering of parchment in a hand of the beginning of the 13th cent.
Physical Description
Decoration
Fine diagrams. (P&A iii. 185, pl. XVIII)
History
Additional Information
Record Sources
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (14 images from 35mm slides)
Bibliography
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Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2020-05-18: Description revised to incorporate all information in SC.