MS. Auct. D. 2. 8
Summary Catalogue no.: 2337
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Physical Description
Layout
1 or 2 cols.
Decoration
Sister volume to MS. Bodl. 725, with same illuminator and collaborating scribes (cf. Pächt and Alexander iii. 231, pl. XXIII).
Fine historiated initials.
Fine other initials.
Binding
Original boards and sewing under the usual plain replacement sheepskin, and vestiges of the standard cathedral chain-staples are clear at front and back.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Exeter, Devon, Cathedral church of St Peter: "Liber Sancti Petri Exoniensis. Si quis illum subtraxerit aut alienaverit, eterne subiaceat maledictioni. Amen." (fol. ii verso), s. xii ex.; cf. fol. iv verso (s. xiv ex). (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).
Identifiable in the Exeter inventory of 1327 (CBMLC (forthcoming), SC 20.187). According to the inventory the book was given to Exeter by 'Payn the chaplain' but Willoughby suggests the true donor was Master Robert de Hanc. Running-titles, corrections and notes in the hand of Bishop John Grandisson.
This appears to be part of the gift of the dean and chapter of Exeter in 1602, though not in the Register of Benefactors.
Record Sources
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (21 images from 35mm slides)
Bibliography
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2024-12: Description revised to incorporate all information from Summary Catalogue.