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

MS. Bodl. 772

Summary Catalogue no.: 2687

Physical Description

Composite: fols. 1–79 || B

Binding

Plain white leather on boards (English work perhaps of about A.D. 1300.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Reading, Berkshire, Benedictine abbey of Saint Mary the Virgin: 'Hic est liber Sancte Marie de Radingia. Quem qui celaverit uel frandem de eo fecerit, anathema sit', 13th cent. (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).

Presented by William Burdet of Sonning in 1608.

MS. Bodl. 772 – Part 1

Contents

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Fleuronnée initial. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 392)

History

Origin: 13th century, first half ; English

MS. Bodl. 772 – Part 2

Contents

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 13th century, first half ; English

Additional Information

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1922). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973).

Bibliography

Last Substantive Revision

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