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

MS. Auct. D. 5. 11

Summary Catalogue no.: 3051

Contents

Bible
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Fleuronnée initials.

Binding

White parchment with inlaid dark-red leather, all with gold stamped ornament, on each side the arms of James I, with clasp and lock, English work.

History

Origin: 13th century, third quarter ; French

Provenance and Acquisition

'Liber Ricardi Swann quem emit a domino Matheo vicario de Mudford [com. Somerset.] vij° die Marcij anno Domini millesimo cccc lxxvto ...'

'Ceste liure appertient a Leonardus Worallus sporallis . Londinencis Teste apud me Jacob Bonamy', late 16th cent.

'Donum Edwardj Sherborne armigeri' probably about 1614, about when it was apparently acquired.

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1922).

Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 3: Rituals and Directories (typescript, 1957), p. 126

Last Substantive Revision

2022-04-04: Add binding information from Summary Catalogue.