MS. Fairfax 27
Summary Catalogue no.: 3907
Physical Description
Composite: three parts
Binding
White leather on bevelled boards, with traces of strap and central boss, 15th-cent. English work.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Bolton, Yorkshire, Augustinian priory of St Mary the Virgin (?) : 'Bolton' (s. xiv–xv, fol. 24v) (MLGB3: inferred evidence).
MS. Fairfax 27 – Part 1
Contents
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
History
MS. Fairfax 27 – Part 2
MS. Fairfax 27 – Part 2 (upper script)
Contents
Treatise on the accentuation of words in the Bible.
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
History
MS. Fairfax 27 – Part 2 (lower script)
Contents
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
History
MS. Fairfax 27 – Part 3
Contents
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
History
Additional Information
Record Sources
Summary description by Elizabeth Solopova and Matthew Holford, based on the Summary Catalogue and supplementary sources.
Bibliography
Online resources:
Printed descriptions:
S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 3: Rituals and Directories (typescript, 1957), p. 252
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2022-04-04: Add binding information from Summary Catalogue.