MS. Bodl. 822
Summary Catalogue no.: 2702
Contents
, Aurora
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Decoration
Initials. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 412)
Binding
White leather on boards, clasps lost, English early 15th cent. work, with coloured pattern on the edges.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Windsor, Berkshire, Royal collegiate chapel of St George: 'Liber collegii de Wyndesore' (fol. 276v, s. xv ex ). The binding has the usual heavy chain-staple mark at the foot of the front board. Visible in the inventory of 1384--5. (MLGB3: evidence from binding or pastedowns and from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift).
Given to Bodley in 1612 by the Dean and Canons of Windsor. (MLGB3)
Record Sources
Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1922). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973).
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Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2022-04-04: Add binding information from Summary Catalogue.