MS. Douce 330
Summary Catalogue no.: 21904
Contents
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
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).
Roger Twysden 27 Feb. 1635. (MLGB3)
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
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Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2021-12-14: Add provenance information from MLGB3.