MS. Bodl. 729
Summary Catalogue no.: 2706
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Physical Description
Decoration
Penwork.
Binding
White leather on boards, covering an older white leather cover, clasps lost, English 15th cent. work.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Missenden, Buckinghamshire, Augustinian (Arrouaisian) priory of St Mary the Virgin: "Liber sancte Marie de Messendene ex dono Alardi [de Burham] decani Londoniensis." (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).
"Ex dono illustrissimi Regis Edwardi IIIIti " (to Windsor). (MLGB3)
Windsor, collegiate chapel. Inscription "Beda super lucam et Marcum Cum Rabano/ super Matheum 2o fo mmonius quidam alex/ Ex dono Illustrissimi regis Edwardi IIIIti ", 2o folio in red; on label under horn secured by 6 nails, centre of outside of end cover. Medieval binding. Usual chain mark. (MLGB3: inferred evidence)
Presented by the Dean and Canons of Windsor, 1612.
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Last Substantive Revision
2022-04-04: Add binding information from Summary Catalogue.