MS. Bodl. 868
Summary Catalogue no.: 2749
Contents
The preface states that the writer has based his treatise on that of Paschasius, and that he was forty years old when composing it.
On fol. 126 is a copy of a Latin letter from Pope Alexander III to Rogerus (prior) Wigorniensis, granting the requests of the latter, about 1170; copied in soon after
Physical Description
Condition
Layout
2 cols
Binding
Plain white leather on boards, with clasp, English work, perhaps of the 14th century, injured and repaired (Summary Catalogue). 'saec. XIII' (Pächt and Alexander).
A parchment slip pasted on the outside of the end board bears the title 'E⟨⟩xposicio Trenorum vel Lamentacionum Ih⟨er⟩emie super mortem Iosie regis Iude' (late 14th century)
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Worcester, Worcestershire, Benedictine cathedral priory of St Mary the Virgin: 'Liber ecclesie cathedralis beate Marie Wygorniensis' (early 15th century) (MLGB3)
Turner, Lat. 4. Binding leaves now MS. Lat. bib. b. 1, fols 40–41 (MLGB3)
Apparently received by the Library between 1605 and 1611
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Last Substantive Revision
2023-01-09: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1922)