MS. Auct. D. 5. 19
Summary Catalogue no.: 1855
Contents
The Bible in Latin, the Vulgate edition: the New Testament begins at fol. 526: at fol. 675 follows the Interpretatio nominum Hebraicorum. Fol. i a list of the books of the Bible. Ten fragments of a printed book of Hours once in the 17th cent. binding of this volume were kept separate in 1884.
Preceded by:
Added, 15th century. Temporale (fol. ii); sanctorale (fol. vii); common of the saints (fol. xi); votive masses of the Virgin, etc. (fol. xii). Incipits and explicits.
Physical Description
Layout
2 col. of 40 lines
Decoration
Fleuronnée borders, initials.
Fols. 675–741 added, 15th century, middle, with good initial. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 450)
History
Provenance and Acquisition
'Istum librum emit magister Johannes Hychecoke de magistro Johanne Smyth tunc presbitero parochiali ecclesie Sancti Jacobi iuxta collegium Ricardi Whytyngton, cuius dictus magister J. Hychecoke est socius perpetuus pro vj marcis et xl d. anno Domini Mo ⟨CCCC⟩ lxij et 4o die mensis Junii eiusdem anni. Hijs testibus, magistro Thoma Englys et magistro Wyllelmo Twyktwyn socijs perpetuis dicti collegii. Non venale.'
'Liber Henrici Cooper ex legato magistri Johannis Hychcoke auunculi sui, cuius anime propicietur Deus Amen.'
Probably acquired in 1605–11 (cf. Sum. Cat. I. 96)
Record Sources
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2020-03-19: Description revised to include all information in SC.