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MS. Bodl. 959

Summary Catalogue no.: 3093

Contents

Old Testament (earlier Wycliffite version) (from Genesis to Baruch iii.20, with prologues)
Language(s): English

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Penwork.

Binding

Green velvet sides with brass bosses and corner-pieces, backed with green leather, English 16th cent. work, clasps lost.

History

Origin: 15th century, beginning ; English

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1922).
Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 1, p. 589

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Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (6 images from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

    Published descriptions:

    Elizabeth Solopova, Manuscripts of the Wycliffite Bible in the Bodleian and Oxford College Libraries (Liverpool, 2016), cat. 9

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

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