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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)

History

Origin: 11th century, end ; French

Provenance and Acquisition

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

Pres. by Dean and chapter of Exeter, 1602. (MLGB3)

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1922). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1966).
Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 1, p. 521

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (3 images from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

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