MS. Bodl. 739
Summary Catalogue no.: 2736
Contents
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
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).
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (3 images from 35mm slides)
Bibliography
Abbreviations
View list of abbreviations and editorial conventions.
Last Substantive Revision
2022-04-04: Add binding information from Summary Catalogue.