MS. Douce 330
Summary Catalogue no.: 21904
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Physical Description
Decoration
Fine initial. Related in style to MSS. from Christ Church, Canterbury. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 70, pl. VII)
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Lessness Or Westwood, Kent, Augustinian abbey of St Thomas the Martyr: 'Hic liber est ecclesie beati Thome martyris de Liesnes. Quem qui ei abstulerit, aut illi super eo fraudem fecerit, nisi eidem ecclesie plene satisfecerit, anathema sit marantha'. (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).
Owned by ' Roger Twysden 27. Febr. 1635.'
Sir John Sebright (1767-1846): his sale, April 1807, lot 1216; bought by Douce for 10s. 6d. (Douce Legacy, no. 216).
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834
Record Sources
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (4 images from 35mm slides)
Bibliography
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Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2024-05: Add extent and leaf dimensions from Summary Catalogue.