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Summary Catalogue no.: 3888
Contents
Liber Pluscardensis (Chronicle of Scotland to 1435).
Language(s): Latin and Gaelic
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: paper quires, outer leaves parchment
Extent: i+ 203 fols.
Dimensions (leaf): 275 × 205 mm.
Layout
2 cols., 30-46 lines, column space c. 190–205 × 60–75 mm.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Dunfermline, Fife, Benedictine abbey of the Holy Trinity: Binding leaves (not mentioned in Summary Catalogue no. 3888) are from Dunfermline abbey accounts. (MLGB3: evidence from binding or elements of a binding typical of a particular library, or pastedowns bearing evidence of provenance).
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
Online resources:
Printed descriptions:
A. Watson, Catalogue of Dated and Datable Manuscripts in Oxford Libraries (1984), no. 486
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2024-09: Add extent, leaf dimensions and layout from Watson, Dated and Datable.