MS. Digby 63
Summary Catalogue no.: 1664
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Language(s): Latin with Old English
Physical Description
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Written by Raegenboldus sacerdos [de Wentonia - c. 1000 over erasure]. Evidence for date 867–92 in tables on fols. 8v, 20v. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 16, pl. I)
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Winchester, Hampshire, Benedictine cathedral priory of St Peter, St Paul, and St Swithun (?) : "Rӕgenboldus sacerdos de wentonia scripsit istum libellum ..." (fol. 71r); "de wentonia" is on erasure. North Country Calendar with Winchester additions of s. xi (bp. Elphege, Swithun, Trans. of Swithun). (MLGB3: evidence from liturgical detail and from contents).
Old English marginalia on fols. 9r, 25r, 41r.
Donated to the Bodleian, 1634.
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Last Substantive Revision
2021-12-14: Add provenance information from MLGB3.