MS. Bodl. 595
Summary Catalogue no.: 2373
Contents
Language(s): Latin
With prologue, list of chapters and the fourteen books.
A 13th cent. hand has added on fol. 78v a royal precept to the sheriff of Kent in favour of the privileges of Christ Church, Canterbury, in Latin.
On fol. i is a 16th cent. copy of a passage from a Latin chronicle relating to the privileges of London in 1259. beg. 'Eodem anno die precedente festum sancti Leonardi venit dominus Rex'.
Physical Description
Decoration
Fleuronnée initials. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 387)
Binding
Stamped black leather, English work of the 2nd half of the 16th cent.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
This volume appears to have reached the Library in 1603 or 1604.
Record Sources
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Last Substantive Revision
2024-10: Description revised to incorporate all information from Summary Catalogue with reference to published literature.