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

MS. Bodl. 739

Summary Catalogue no.: 2736

Contents

1.
Ambrose, De fide
Language(s): Latin
2.
Ambrose, De spiritu sancto
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Fine initials close in style to those in manuscripts from the Abbey of Lyre now at Évreux. (Pächt and Alexander i. 448, pl. XXXVII)

Binding

Stamped white sheepskin on pasteboards (about 1602) over older sewing, worn.

History

Origin: 11th century, end ; French

Provenance and Acquisition

Exeter, Devon, Cathedral church of St Peter: (MLGB3: inferred evidence).

Presented by the dean and chapter of Exeter in 1602.

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1922). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1966).

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (3 images from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

Last Substantive Revision

2022-04-04: Add binding information from Summary Catalogue.