A catalogue of Western manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries and selected Oxford colleges

MS. Auct. D. inf. 2. 7

Former shelfmark: MS. Fairfax 15

Summary Catalogue no.: 3895

Contents

Gospel of St. Luke with gloss.
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Good initial. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 173)

History

Origin: 12th century, third quarter ; English, Yorkshire (?)

Provenance and Acquisition

Bridlington, Yorkshire, Augustinian priory of St Mary the Virgin: 'Lucas glosatus littera D.' (s. xvi); 'Liber sancte Marie de Bridelington', qui hunc alienauerit anathema sit' (s. xiv). (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).

Charles Fairfax (1597–1673), antiquary and genealogist. 'C. Fairfax ex dono carissimi fratris magistri Henrici Fairfax 1655'. (MLGB3)

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1937). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973).

Bibliography

Last Substantive Revision

2021-12-14: Add provenance information from MLGB3.