MS. Auct. D. 3. 8
Summary Catalogue no.: 2055
Contents
Bible.
A Latin Vulgate Bible, with prologues. The New Testament begins on fol. 403v. At fol. 505 follow the Interpretationes nominum Hebraicorum. At fol. 536 is a contemporary note 'Anno grade Mº CC nonagesimo octauo facta fuit occisio pauperum apud Sanctum Paulum die Dominica videlicet xvij Kal. Julij de vijxx. ix', i.e. June 15, 1298.
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: iii + 536 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 13.625 × 9.25 in.
Layout
2 cols.
Decoration
Good historiated initials. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 1319)
History
Provenance and Acquisition
'R. P.' occurs on fols. iii, 535v in a 16th cent. hand.
Probably acquired between 1613 and 1620.
Record Sources
Description adapted (April 2020) from the following sources:
Otto Pächt and J. J. G. Alexander, Illuminated Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, III (1973), no. 1319 [decoration, origin, date]
Summary Catalogue (1922) [contents, physical description, provenance and acquisition]
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (7 images from 35mm slides)
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2020-04-28: Description revised to incorporate all information in SC.