MS. Bodl. 582
Summary Catalogue no.: 2204
Contents
Language(s): Latin
Based on the first eight chapters of the second book of the Instructiones of Eucherius, but fuller.
There are 13th, 14th, and 15th cent. lists of contents on fol. 1v and the outer covers: and some theological notes written with a metal stilus on fols. 64v-6.
Physical Description
Decoration
Fine initials. By the same hand as London, B.L., Cotton MS. Caligula A. VIII. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 101, pl. X)
Binding
Contemporary binding of white leather on boards. Tabs with traces of colour woven fabric. Later title in red. Book-markers.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Ely Cathedral: pressmark 'M. 23'.
Erased 15th-century ex libris, fol. 1.
Windsor, collegiate church. "Exposicio Ieronimi Super Ecclesiasten Et quedam Excepciones in Theologiam [?]", in red near top of front board (s. xiv). "Ieronimus super eclesiasten cum aliis" on back-board near top, and below it ‘d h’. Medieval binding. Usual chain mark. (MLGB3)
Presented by the Dean and canons of Windsor in 1612.
Record Sources
Bibliography
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2021-01-18: Description revised to incorporate all information in SC and Pächt and Alexander.