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

MS. Canon. Misc. 184

Summary Catalogue no.: 19660

Contents

John the Deacon, Vita S. Gregorii Papae

With prologue and poem to John VIII. Capitula before each book.

Rubric: In honorem sanctæ et individuæ Trinitatis incipit prologus Johannis diaconi ad Johannem reverentissimum sanctæ apostolicæ sedis pontificem, de institutione, vita, doctrina, sive miraculis beati Gregorii Romani pontificis
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: 158 leaves (small folio)

History

Origin: 12th century

Provenance and Acquisition

Genoa, Benedictine abbey of San Siro

Matteo Luigi Canonici, 1727–1805

Giuseppe Canonici , -1807

Purchased by the Bodleian in 1817

Record Sources

Description adapted from the Quarto Catalogue (H. O. Coxe, Catalogi codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecæ Bodleianæ pars tertia codices Græcos et Latinos Canonicianos complectens, Quarto Catalogues III, 1854)

Last Substantive Revision

2025-07: Encode all information in Quarto catalogue.