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

MS. Auct. D. 1. 5

Summary Catalogue no.: 2117

Mark, glossed; Catholic Epistles, glossed; etc. England, c. 1200 with additions

Contents

Language(s): Latin

1. (fol. 2v)
Gospel list (St Mark only)

Added, 14th century, on the verso of the last flyleaf; no indication on which day they were said.

4. (fol. 99v)
Rubric: De 12 lapidibus preciosis
Incipit: Iaspis uiridis uirorem

Later addition.

5. (fol. 101v)
Theological notes

Later addition; cf. fol. 2r-v.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

One fine, other good initials. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 298)

Binding

White leather on boards, mid-13th century; original sewing.

History

Origin: c. 1200; with additions to 14th century ; English

Provenance and Acquisition

‘Pretium vjs. viijd.’', 15th century.

Windsor, collegiate chapel of St George, pressmark ‘AO’: 'pressmark "AO" at head of fol. 3r (first leaf of text). Binding like Bodl. MS Bodley 192. Usual chain mark.' (MLGB3)

Given by the Dean and Canons of Windsor in 1612.

MS. Auct. D. 1. 5, fols. 101, 102 (endleaves)

Contents

Priscian (?), Institutiones grammaticae (?)

Fragment.

Language(s): Latin

History

Origin: 9th century

Provenance

'Continental MS. (s. ix–x)', according to MLGB3.

Additional Information

Record Sources

Description adapted (May 2020) from the following sources, with additional reference to published literature as cited:
Otto Pächt and J. J. G. Alexander, Illuminated Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, III (1973), no. 298 [decoration, origin, date]
S. J. P. Van Dijk, Handlist of the Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford : Vol. 1: Mass Books (typescript, 1957)
Summary Catalogue (1922) [contents, physical description, provenance and acquisition]

Bibliography

Last Substantive Revision

2020-05-21: Description revised to incorporate all information in SC and Pächt and Alexander.