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

MS. Auct. D. 1. 8

Summary Catalogue no.: 2761

Contents

Unum ex quattuor (Gospel Harmony)

with gloss

Stegmüller, Bibl. 10109
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander iii. 366:

Fine initials.

Canon tables.

Binding

Plain white sheepskin on boards, English 15th (?) cent. work.

History

Origin: 13th century, second quarter ; English

Provenance and Acquisition

Northampton, Northamptonshire, Cluniac priory of St Andrew: "Iste liber constat domo sancti Andree de Northamton" (flyleaf formerly front pastedown, fol. i recto), s. xiv ex. ".E. z." (top of fol. 1r), s. xv–xvi. "liber sancti andree norh't." (top of fol. 1r), large bookhand, ? s. xiii. "Iohannes vnum ex .iiij. or " (top flyleaf fol. ii verso), s. xiv. The hand in which this title is written appears to be that of the title in Oriel 53, fol. 1r. (Medieval binding.) (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).

Presented by sir Walter Cope in 1602.

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1922). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973).

Bibliography

Last Substantive Revision

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