MS. Bodl. 845
Summary Catalogue no.: 2578
Contents
, Hypognosticon
A versification of biblical history in eight books
After the prose preface, the poem begins in elegiac verse:
Incipit: Principium rerum sine tempore tempora formans
The present copy is defective after the words 'Inter forte tamen differ[t] & fortius atque' in the 5th book, in an account of Darius
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: ii + 38 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 9.125 × 5.625 in.
Decoration
Coloured capitals
History
Origin: 13th century, first half
Provenance and Acquisition
Acquired before c. 1646 (Summary Catalogue I. 112-13)
Record Sources
Description adapted (April 2023) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1922)
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2023-04-24: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1922)