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

MS. Auct. D. 3. 13

Summary Catalogue no.: 2118

Contents

Chronicles I and II, glossed.

Followed by two prefaces to the books, after which a leaf or more seems to be lost. On the last leaf is a plan of a kind of fort or rectangular building.

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: 119 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 13.375 × 9.875 in.

Layout

2 or more cols.

Decoration

Illuminated capitals.

Diagram (?) on the last leaf.

Binding

White leather on older reversed boards, clasp lost, English 15th cent. work, worn and repaired

History

Origin: 13th century, second half ; English

Provenance and Acquisition

'From the same scriptorium as ⟨MS.⟩ Auct. D. 2. 11.' (MLGB3)

Windsor, collegiate chapel of St George, pressmark ‘AF’: '"AF" on fol. 1v (flyleaf). Usual chain marks.' (MLGB3)

Presented by the dean and canons of Windsor in 1612.

Record Sources

Description adapted (May 2020) from the Summary Catalogue (1922), with additional reference to other published literature as cited.

Bibliography

Last Substantive Revision

2020-05-21: Description revised to incorporate all information in SC.