MS. Bodl. 608
Summary Catalogue no.: 2059
Contents
At fol. 407v follow some short medical pieces beginning, partly in English, and at fol. iii are some pieces on the symptoms of diseases in Latin.
Physical Description
Binding
Inboard binding, later rebacked. 146 × 115 × 90 mm. Red, surface-stained, reversed tawed leather over oak boards. The tawed leather is now entirely faded to pale brown except at the turn-ins, which retain a muted red colour.The original paste-downs are now lifted and a later paper upper flyleaf has beenadded. A brown tanned-leather strap, with a copper-alloy clasp, is anchored by brass pins to the upper board and closes on a copper-alloy catch plate on the lower board. The clasp has an eye for a now missing pull. Manuscript title ‘Rosa medicine’ to fore-edge,reading from tail to head. Rebacked with light brown reversed tanned calf.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Christophor Materas (early sixteenth century); inscription fol. 420v.
Presented to the Bodleian in 1620; see SC I 104. Former Bodleian shelfmark: NE.C.1.3.
MS. Bodl. 608 - endleaf (fol. i)
Contents
Language(s): Latin
Part of a deed of an ecclesiastical court at York, 1437
Physical Description
History
MS. Bodl. 608 - endleaf (fol. ii)
Contents
Language(s): Latin
Woodcut: Gnadenstuhl. Described in detail in Bod-Inc XYL-35.
Physical Description
Decoration
Woodcut.
History
Additional Information
Record Sources
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (2 images from 35mm slides)
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Last Substantive Revision
2020-04-28: Description revised to incorporate all information in SC.