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MS. Fairfax 5

Summary Catalogue no.: 3885

Contents

3.
Eusebius, De Situ et Nominibus Locorum Hebraicorum (transl. Jerome)
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Good initials. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 262)

History

Origin: 12th century, second half ; English

Provenance and Acquisition

Sweethart Or New Abbey, Kirkcudbrightshire, Cistercian abbey of St Mary the Virgin: 'Liber domine Devorgoyl de Bayll[iol]', s. xiii. 'Liber sancte Marie de dulci corde.' (s. xiii/xiv). Inscr. on fol. 9v below the table of contents, s. xiii. (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).

'Liber C. Fairfax Emptus apud Edinburgh 1652' (fol. 9v). (MLGB3)

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue. Date and localizatoin follow Pächt and Alexander.
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 2 Part 2, p. 773

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (3 images from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2025-07: Matthew Holford: update description of item 3.

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