Canterbury, Kent, Benedictine abbey of St Augustine (originally of St Peter and St Paul): "Collectiones Iohannis de London de librario monasterii sancti Augustini Cantuarie. Clemens Cantyrbury" (fol. ii verso), s. xv. (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).

Indexed etc. by Clemens Cantyrbury monachus. Described by a later hand, s. xvii, as "Librarius". (fol. ii verso) "S ... A". Late medieval foliation. Pastedowns from a service book, s. xii. 2 o folio: "de uero". (MLGB3)

Presented by Thomas Twyne in 1612.

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1922).

Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 1, p. 443

Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 1, p. 444

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (2 images from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

Online resources:

MLGB3: Medieval Libraries of Great Britain

Printed descriptions:

S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 6: Fragments - Office Books, Rituals, Directories (typescript, 1957), p. 103

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Last Substantive Revision

2021-12-14: Add provenance information from MLGB3.

A catalogue of Western manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries and selected Oxford colleges

MS. Bodl. 679

Collections of John of London, monk of St. Augustine's Canterbury; English, late 13th century

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