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

MS. Fairfax 10

Summary Catalogue no.: 3890

Contents

Nicholas Trivet, Chronicles (to 1315)
Language(s): Anglo-Norman

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Good border, initial (with royal arms) in French style, added (?). Pächt and Alexander iii. 661:

Good border.

Good initial.

Good penwork borders, initials.

Binding

White leather on bevelled boards, rebacked, 15th-cent. English work.

History

Origin: 14th century, third quarter ; English

Record Sources

Summary description by Elizabeth Solopova and Matthew Holford, based on the Summary Catalogue and supplementary sources.

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (1 image from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

Last Substantive Revision

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