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

MS. Auct. D. 3. 11

Summary Catalogue no.: 2111

Contents

Exodus with gloss.

Fol. 31 has part torn away.

There are added marginal notes, and many written with a metal stilus on fols. ii, 87–90.

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: ii + 90 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 10.625 × 8 in.

Condition

Stained in places, e.g. fols. 30–4.

Decoration

Fleuronnée initial. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 394)

Binding

White leather on boards, re-backed and repaired, English 15th cent. work.

History

Origin: 13th century, first half ; English

Provenance and Acquisition

Unidentified religious house: 'Liber sancte(?) Marie(?) ... ,' 13th or 14th cent.

Windsor, collegiate chapel: '‘AD’ at head of fol. i verso and an older mark ‘15’.' (MLGB3)

Presented by the dean and canons of Windsor in 1612.

Record Sources

Description adapted (April 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. 394 [decoration, origin, date]
Summary Catalogue (1922) [contents, physical description, provenance and acquisition]

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (2 images from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

Last Substantive Revision

2020-05-20: Description revised to incorporate all information in SC.