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

MS. Douce 330

Summary Catalogue no.: 21904

Contents

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: iii + 173 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 11.375 × 8 in.

Decoration

Fine initial. Related in style to MSS. from Christ Church, Canterbury. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 70, pl. VII)

History

Origin: 12th century, beginning ; English, Canterbury (?)

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).

Francis Douce, 1757–1834

Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1897). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973).

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (4 images from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

Last Substantive Revision

2024-05: Add extent and leaf dimensions from Summary Catalogue.