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

MS. Bodl. 830

Summary Catalogue no.: 2713

Contents

1.
Robert Grosseteste, Dicta CXLVII
Language(s): Latin
2.
Robert Grosseteste, Sermones
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Fine borders, initials. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 829)

Binding

Stamped white sheepskin (about 1602) on older sewing and boards.

History

Origin: 15th century, beginning ; English

Provenance and Acquisition

"Precium. xxv s." (15th cent.)

Exeter, Devon, Cathedral church of St Peter: "Hunc librum dedit et assignavit ecclesie Cathedrali Exoniensis executor testamenti Willelmi Fylham [d. c. 1438] quondam eiusdem ecclesie cancellarii in libraria eiusdem ecclesie cathenandum". (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).

Presented by the dean and chapter of Exeter in 1602.

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1922). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973).

Bibliography

Last Substantive Revision

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