MS. Bodl. 535
Summary Catalogue no.: 2254
Lives of Saints; 11th century, late, England, in part Winchester
Contents
Language(s): Latin
BHL 6054: a 16th cent. hand ascribes this Life to William of Ramsey, but not listed in Sharpe, British Writers, s.n..
BHL 5439.
Then follows (at fol. 62v) an address from the religious of Aleth who have edited this Life 'de uirtutibus Sanctorum': then a second prologue.
BHL 5116b.
On fol. ii is a Latin note on praevaricatio Salomonis, etc.
Physical Description
Hand(s)
Written in four hands.
'Nicolaus' is written in an early 13th cent. (?) hand on fol. 94v, where there are also some late 11th cent. (and later) neums scribbled.
Decoration
Initials (fols. 39–93). (Pächt and Alexander iii. 54)
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Winchester, Hampshire, Benedictine cathedral priory of St Peter, St Paul, and St Swithun: Early 12th-cent. material concerning prior and monks of Winchester. (MLGB3: evidence from locally specific contents, including obits, scribbles, etc.).
In an early 12th cent. hand are written on fol. 37v two short Latin poems commemorating Godefridus, prior of St. Swithin's, who benefited 'Wintonie monachos', and Hardingus 'Wintonię cantor': the former died in 1107 or 1126. 'Nicolaus' is written in an early 13th cent. (?) hand on fol. 94v, where there are also some late 11th cent. (and later) neums scribbled.
'L⟨iber⟩ Henrici Jackson Collegii Corporis Christi Oxoniensis anno Christi Millesimo Sexcentesimo Maii 21°', an erased inscription on fol. 93.
Acquired probably by purchase from Jackson in 1619-20.
Record Sources
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (2 images from 35mm slides)
Bibliography
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2024-09: Description revised to incorporate all information from Summary Catalogue.