MS. Digby 112
Summary Catalogue no.: 1713
Physical Description
Composite: two parts
Decoration
Good initial. Contents suggest Winchester. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 118)
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Winchester, Hampshire, Benedictine cathedral priory of St Peter, St Paul, and St Swithun: 'Liber proverbiorum domini G. prioris incipit'; cf. the other two MSS. of the E. group of MSS. which begins 'Incipit prefatio Godefridi prioris ecclesie sancti Swithuni in sequens opus'. (MLGB3: evidence from locally specific contents, including obits, scribbles, etc.).
Donated to the Bodleian, 1634.
MS. Digby 112 – Part 1
Contents
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
History
MS. Digby 112 – Part 2
Contents
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
History
Additional Information
Record Sources
Summary description abbreviated from the Quarto Catalogue (W. D. Macray, Bodleian Library Quarto Catalogues IX: Digby Manuscripts, repr. with addenda by R. W. Hunt and A. G. Watson, 1999). Decoration follows Pächt and Alexander (1973).
Bibliography
Online resources:
Printed descriptions:
S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 2: Office Books (typescript, 1957), p. 191
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Last Substantive Revision
2021-12-14: Add provenance information from MLGB3.
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