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

MS. Auct. D. 4. 11

Summary Catalogue no.: 27690

Contents

Bible
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander iii. 446:

Good initial.

Fleuronnée initials.

History

Origin: 13th century, third quarter ; English

Provenance and Acquisition

Northampton, Northamptonshire, Franciscan convent: "Ista Biblia pertinet conventui fratrum minorum Northamtone" (fol. 1v), s. xv. Erased inscription on fol. 1v irrecoverable. (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).

Wyllyam Manbye (s. xvi). Nathaniel Crynes. (MLGB3)

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1905). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973).

Bibliography

Last Substantive Revision

2021-12-14: Add provenance information from MLGB3.