MS. Bodl. 648
Summary Catalogue no.: 2291
Physical Description
Binding
Blind-tooled leather over boards, by John Kemsyn of Canterbury (the Canterbury binder), late 15th century.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Canterbury, Kent, Benedictine cathedral priory of Holy Trinity or Christ Church: "Iste liber constat W. Boolde monacho. Ecclesie Christi. Cantuarie. anno Domini M o CCCC o Lxviij o " (fol. 5r). "W. Molasche prior" (fol. 1r, head). (MLGB3: evidence from an inscription of ownership by an individual member of a religious house (which may not, however, be evidence for institutional ownership)).
Thomas Twyne, 1612. Thomas Twyne (1543–1613), translator and physician , 1612. (MLGB3)
Canterbury binding, s. xv ex. (MLGB3)
Presented by Thomas Twyne in 1612.
MS. Bodl. 648, endleaves (fols. i, 126–9)
Contents
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
History
Provenance
‘ Thomas Borne ’, 15th century, with a copy of a grant of land.
MS. Bodl. 648, part 1: fols. 1–4
Contents
Physical Description
History
Provenance
‘ W. Molasche prior’ [of Christ Church, Canterbury, 1428–38]
MS. Bodl. 648, part 2: fols. 5–125
Contents
Followed by three poems:
Lists of the counties of England, Scotland, and Wales, with the bishoprics, monasteries, castles etc. in each
List of churches founded before the Conquest
Short accounts of the archbishops of Canterbury to 1381
First exemplum:
Followed by notes relating to Christ Church, Canterbury, cf. fols. 18v, 41.
Physical Description
Layout
1–2 cols., c. 25–8 lines, written area c. 150 × 105 mm.
Decoration
Coloured initials.
History
Provenance
‘Iste liber constat .W. Boolde monacho ecclesie christi Cantuarie Anno domini mº CCCCº lxviijº’ (fol. 5); written before this date, 1468, and after 1461 (fol. 40v).
Additional Information
Record Sources
Bibliography
Online resources:
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2021-12-14: Add provenance information from MLGB3.