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MS. Duke Humfrey b. 1

Summary Catalogue no.: 32386

Contents

John Capgrave, Commentary on Exodus
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper
Extent: 18 fols.
Dimensions (leaf): 406 × 267 mm.

Layout

2 cols., 54 lines, column space 270–275 × 75 mm.

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander iii. 902

Good miniatures.

Fine border.

Fine historiated initial (defaced).

Diagram.

History

Origin: c. 1440 ; English

Provenance and Acquisition

Oxford, Oxfordshire, University: (MLGB3: inferred evidence).

Given by Duke Humphrey in 1443/4, no. 20. Sir Robert Throckmorton of Buckland (d. 1791). In the cat. of the Buckland Library, MS. Eng. misc. b.13 (S.C. 35368). Bought from Karslake & Co. of London in Jan. 1897. (MLGB3)

2 o folio: 'et beatitudinem'. Index of Duke Humphrey's gifts in B.Q.R. 1, p. 132. (MLGB3)

Record Sources

Summary description by Elizabeth Solopova and Matthew Holford, based on the Summary Catalogue and supplementary sources.
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 6, p. 148
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 6, p. 149

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (14 images from 35mm slides)
Digital Bodleian (1 image from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2024-09: Add extent, leaf dimensions and layout from Watson, Dated and Datable.

Data

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