MS. Bodl. 693
Summary Catalogue no.: 2875
Contents
The (unrevised) first recension of the Confessio Amantis
Followed by a metrical explicit (begins 'Explicit iste liber qui transeat'), 'Epistola super huius operis ... complementum' and Gower's account of his works (begins 'Quia unusquisque')
Physical Description
Layout
2 cols
Notation on staves (see van Dijk 1957)
Decoration
Pächt and Alexander iii. 825, Pl. LXXX
Fine miniatures (fols 4v and 8v)
Fine borders
Fine initials
In the style of Herman Scheerre
Binding
Reddish brown leather, stamped, with the arms of England in colour, and 'I.R.', showing that it was made for James I
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Owned by 'Frauncois Halle Anno M V° vj [1506] Garde le fine'
On fol. 1r are the arms of Charles Brandon duke of Suffolk, K.G. (d. 1545), quartering those of Bruyn or Brown and Rokeley (?: his crest is on fols 1, 86v) have been inserted, within a Garter
'Donum Johannis King, S. Theologiæ Doctoris, & Decani Aedis Christi'
Probably given in 1608, when Johannis King was Vice-Chancellor and is mentioned as a donor
MS. Bodl. 693, flyleaves
Contents
Physical Description
History
Additional Information
Record Sources
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (9 images from 35mm slides)
Bibliography
Online resources:
Printed descriptions:
Abbreviations
View list of abbreviations and editorial conventions.
Last Substantive Revision
2023-09-22: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1922)