MS. Bodl. 511
Summary Catalogue no.: 2179
Contents
De topographia Hiberniae
, Fol. iii, note of the election of Leo X in 1513 and his death in 1521.
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: iii + 89 + i fols.
Dimensions (leaf): 206 × 145 mm.
Layout
1 col., 21–25 lines, written space 145–50 × 83–90 mm.
Hand(s)
Fere-humanistica.
Decoration
Coloured initials, rubrics.
Binding
Former parchment cover, part of which is now fol. i
History
Provenance and Acquisition
‘1513 aprilis 12’, in the margin opposite the final rubric, probably in the scribe's hand.
‘Euganis(?) ex dono W.D.’, 16th century, fol. iii verso.
Presented by William Cotton, bishop of Exeter, in 1605.
Record Sources
Description adapted (2019) from the following sources, with additional reference to published literature cited in the description:
A. G. Watson, Catalogue of Dated and Datable Manuscripts c.435–1600 in Oxford Libraries (Oxford, 1984), no. 97 [contents, physical description, origin, provenance]
Summary Catalogue (1922) [acquisition]
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2019-03-05: Revised to incorporate all information in Watson and SC.