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MS. Bodl. 826

Summary Catalogue no.: 2715

Contents

Augustine, Contra Faustum manichaeum
Rubric: Aurelii Augustini doctoris Liber primus contra Faustum Manicheum incipit

Followed at fol. 94 by the second book.

Has some notes.

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
i + 155 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 11.625 × 8.375 in.

Hand(s)

Written in what NR Ker has termed 'Christ Church script' (NR Ker, English Manuscripts in the Century After the Norman Conquest (1960), p. 30

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander iii. 92, pl. IX

Fine initial (see fols 1 and 94)

Binding

Plain white leather on boards, clasp lost (probably contemporary Canterbury work)

Medieval binding (contemporary?), pastedowns, s. xii (MLGB3)

History

Origin: c. 1120–50 ; England, Canterbury, St. Augustine's

Provenance and Acquisition

Canterbury, Kent, Benedictine abbey of St Augustine (originally of St Peter and St Paul): 'Di[stinctio] IIII. Gra[dus] IIII' (St Augustine's press mark/placement location on the flyleaf, fol. 1r), s. xiii/xiv (MLGB3)

'Christophori Materas debitor sum' (s. xvi)

Bought by the library in 1606 (MLGB3)

MS. Bodl. 826, flyleaves

Contents

Commentary on the Psalms

Two leaves, in the binding

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Parchment

History

Origin: 12th century ; England

Additional Information

Record Sources

Description adapted (December 2022) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1922), with additional reference to published literature as cited. Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973)
Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 1, p. 510

Bibliography

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2022-12-26: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1922)