MS. Bodl. 801
Summary Catalogue no.: 2659
Physical Description
Composite: four parts
Decoration
Penwork initials. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 994)
Binding
Plain white sheepskin on boards, 15th cent. (?) work, worn and repaired, clasps lost.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Witham, Somerset, Charterhouse of Saint Mary the Virgin: "Liber domus beate Marie de Witham ordinis Cartusiensis ex dono magistri Iohannis Blacman". No. 6 in the list of Blacman's gifts in Bodl. MS Laud Misc. 154. (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).
Stephen Batman: "Stephanus Battmannus huius libri possesor" (s. xvi). Sir Walter Cope, 1602. (MLGB3)
MS. Bodl. 801 – Part 1
Contents
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
History
MS. Bodl. 801 – Part 2
Contents
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
History
MS. Bodl. 801 – Part 3
Contents
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
History
MS. Bodl. 801 – Part 4
Contents
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
History
Additional Information
Record Sources
Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1922). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973).
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Last Substantive Revision
2022-04-04: Add binding information from Summary Catalogue.