MS. Auct. F. 1. 15
Summary Catalogue no.: 2455
Contents
Physical Description
Decoration
Fine initials. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 37, pl. III)
Binding
White sheepskin (about 1602) over older sewing and boards (the boards had been reversed for a re-binding which preceded that of 1602).
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Exeter, Devon, Cathedral church of St Peter: "Hunc librum dat Leofricus episcopus ecclesie sancti petri apostoli in exonia ubi sedes episcopalis est ad utilitatem successorum suorum. Si quis illum abstulerit inde. subiaceat maledictioni. Fiat." (fol. 77v); also OE version. A similar inscription to part 2, on fol. 78r, see Summary Catalogue 2455. Perhaps visible in the 1508 catalogue (Oliver, Lives, p. 368), but second folio gone. (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).
Given to Bodley by the Dean and Chapter of Exeter, 1602. (MLGB3)
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Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (35 images from 35mm slides)
Microfilm
Microfilm available in the open shelf collections in the Weston Library (R. Films 101)
Surrogates
Matthew T. Hussey, Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts in Microfiche Facsimile (Binghamton, NY: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2014), vol. 22: Exeter Manuscripts
Bibliography
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Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2022-04-04: Add binding information from Summary Catalogue.