MS. Bodl. 804

Summary Catalogue no.: 2663

1. (fol. 1)

Augustine, Contra mendacium

Rubric: Aurelii Augustini egregii doctoris. contra Mendacium liber incipit ad Consentium

Language(s): Latin

2. (fol. 36v)

Augustine, De natura et origine animae

Rubric: Aurelii Augustini doctoris de natura & origine Animę...

Books I-III only, here treated as separate treatises (see fols 60 and 78)

Language(s): Latin

In the 13th century, this volume also contained 'Ambrosius de Sacramentis. Idem ad Vercellenses. Eusebius de Corpore Domini [an added item]. Totum in . xvi. quaternionibus', but the last four quaternions were taken away at some subsequent period and a 14th century (?) note states 'hec alibi s⟨unt⟩. They do not seem to be in the Bodleian Library

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: parchment

Extent: i + 95 leaves

Dimensions (binding): 10.375 × 7.375 in.

Decoration

Coloured capitals

Binding

Stamped white sheepskin (c. 1602) on older sewing and boards, repaired

History

Origin: s. xi/xii or xii in (Gneuss and Lapidge)

Provenance and Acquisition

Exeter, Devon, Cathedral church of St Peter: identifiable in the inventories of 1327 and 1506 (Oliver, Lives, pp. 302, 373). (MLGB3)

Presented by the Dean and chapter of Exeter in 1602

Record Sources

Description adapted (December 2024) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1922) with additional reference to published literature as cited.

Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 1, p. 479