MS. Bodl. 841
Summary Catalogue no.: 8714
Contents
(fol. 1)
, Travels Incipit: Come il ensi soit qe la terre doutremer cest assavoir la terre seinte, qe home dit la terre de promission...
Rubricated only up to chapter 22, the rest of the text (i.e. to the end chapter 34) is continuous
MS. Add. C. 280 is another 15-century manuscript and MS. Fairfax 23 contains a Latin version
Language(s): Anglo-Norman
On the inner fornt cover and fol. i are scribbled a few verses in English and Latin (late 15th century)
Language(s): Middle English and Latin
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: i + 89 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 9.7 × 6.3 in.
Binding
Contemporary brown leather on bevelled boards, blind-tooled and stamped
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Fol. 1 has the late 17th-century inscription 'Bibliothecae Bodlejanae hunc Cod. MS. D.D. Carolus King A.M. ex Aede Xti'
King also gave, after 1632, the eighth volume of Leland's Itinerary, MS. Top. gen. e. 15
Record Sources
Description adapted (March 2023) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1937)
Bibliography
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Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2023-03-23: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1937)