MS. Bodl. 656
Summary Catalogue no.: 27644
Contents
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Decoration
Initials, fols. 1–136. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 386)
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Lessness Or Westwood, Kent, Augustinian abbey of St Thomas the Martyr: 'Hic est liber ecclesie beati Thome martiris de Lyesnes, de dono fratris Thome de Sandwyco quem qui ei abstulerit aut super eo fraudem fecerit, nisi eodem ecclesie pleno satisfecerit Anathema sit Maranatha' (s. xiv in; at foot of fol. 1r). (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).
William Brewster gave it to the Bodleian 7 May 1715. CMA 9071. (MLGB3)
Record Sources
Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1905). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973).
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (1 image from 35mm slides)
Bibliography
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Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2021-12-14: Add provenance information from MLGB3.