MS. Bodl. 799
Summary Catalogue no.: 2669
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Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Decoration
Illuminated capitals.
Binding
White leather on boards, re-backed and repaired, clasps lost, English 15th cent. work.
History
Origin: c. 1300
Provenance and Acquisition
Windsor, Berkshire, Royal collegiate chapel of St George: Binding of s. xv, rebacked. Usual chain marks. Remains of brown leather straps which fitted onto nails on back cover. Pressmark "O 3" on flyleaf facing first leaf of text. Erased inscription at foot of fol. 1r. (MLGB3: inferred evidence).
Medieval pagination. (MLGB3)
Record Sources
Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1922).
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Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2022-04-04: Add binding information from Summary Catalogue.