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MS. Auct. E. inf. 4

Summary Catalogue no.: 2429

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Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander iii. 209, pl. XXI:

Good marginal miniatures (coloured drawings).

Good initials.

History

Origin: 12th century, end ; English

Provenance and Acquisition

Chicksands, Bedfordshire, Gilbertine priory of St Mary the Virgin: "⟨Liber sanctimo⟩nialium de Chickesand" (fol. 219r, s. xiii). Langbaine testifies that in 1655 the MS. had a binding of red leather with brass bosses, the middle boss on each side bearing the letters 'LIBER SCE MARIE DE CHICHS.' (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).

Presented by Robert Barker, the King's Printer, in 1604.

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1922). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973).
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 2, part 1, p. 358
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 2, part 1, p. 359

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Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

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

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