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

MS. Bodl. 799

Summary Catalogue no.: 2669

Contents

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)

Last Substantive Revision

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