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

MS. Bodl. 735

Summary Catalogue no.: 2726

Contents

Peter Lombard, Commentary on the Psalter
Rubric: Cum omnes Prophetas
Incipit: (text) Beatua cui omnia optata succedunt

Much of the text occurs in the lemmata

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: 241 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 12.5 × 8.75 in.

Layout

2 cols

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander iii. 373

Fine initials

Good initials

Binding

'White leather on boards, clasps lost, English 15th century work' (Summary Catalogue); 'Contemporary white leather binding on boards. Medieval book-markers' (Pächt and Alexander)

History

Origin: 13th century, second quarter ; England

Provenance and Acquisition

Windsor, Berkshire, Royal collegiate chapel of St George: Medieval binding (s. xv). Usual chain mark (MLGB3)

'Precium istius libri . x . marc.'

Presented by the dean and canons of Windsor in 1612

Record Sources

Description adapted (March 2023) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1922). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973)

Bibliography

Last Substantive Revision

2023-03-27: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1922)