MS. Douce 287
Summary Catalogue no.: 21861
Contents
1.
, Vita S. Thomae Cantuariensis (including the Description of London; begins imperfect) Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Lessness Or Westwood, Kent, Augustinian abbey of St Thomas the Martyr: 'Hic est liber ecclesie beati Thome martiris de Lesnes. Quem qui ei abstulerit aut illi super eo fraudem fecerit nisi eidem ecclesie satisfecerit plene anathema sit maranatha'. (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).
'Edoardo Luidio donavit d. David Wyn rector ecclesie Lh. Vihangel Lhyn Myvyr (sc. Llanfihangel Glyn-y-Myvyr) Anno 1699.' (MLGB3)
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834
Record Sources
Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1897).
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (2 images from 35mm slides)
Bibliography
Online resources:
Printed descriptions:
A. Watson, Catalogue of Dated and Datable Manuscripts in Oxford Libraries (1984), no. 470
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2021-12-14: Add provenance information from MLGB3.