MS. Fell 2
Summary Catalogue no.: 8690
Physical Description
Composite: pp. vii-xii, 465–472 || pp. 1–44 || pp. 45–50, 295–308, 460–464 || pp. 51–294, 309–459
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Canterbury, Kent, Benedictine abbey of St Augustine (originally of St Peter and St Paul) (?) : Additional lives of St Augustine and St Edmund of Canterbury, and of Peter, 1st abbot of St Augustine's. Cf. London, BL, Arundel 91. (MLGB3: evidence from locally specific contents, including obits, scribbles, etc.).
London, BL, Arundel 91 and Bodleian, Fell 2 are companion volumes. (MLGB3)
MS. Fell 2 – Part 1
Contents
Sermons.
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
History
MS. Fell 2 – Part 2
Contents
Life of St. Edmund of Abingdon
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
History
Origin: 13th century, second half ; English, Canterbury St. Augustine's
MS. Fell 2 – Part 3
Contents
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
History
Origin: 12th century, second half ; English, Canterbury St. Augustine's
MS. Fell 2 – Part 4
Contents
Lives of Saints.
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
History
Origin: c. 1100–1130 ; English, Canterbury St. Augustine's
Additional Information
Record Sources
Summary description by Elizabeth Solopova and Matthew Holford, based on the Summary Catalogue and supplementary sources.
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (8 images from 35mm slides)
Bibliography
Online resources:
Printed descriptions:
S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 2: Office Books (typescript, 1957), p. 168
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2021-12-14: Add provenance information from MLGB3.