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

MS. Hatton 40

Summary Catalogue no.: 4104

Contents

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: 165 leaves, in double columns
Dimensions (binding): 11.75 × 7.75 in.

Decoration

Coloured capitals.

Binding

White leather on boards, much worn and repaired, English late 14th-cent. work.

History

Origin: 12th century, late ; English

Provenance and Acquisition

Worcester, Worcestershire, Benedictine cathedral priory of St Mary the Virgin: "Iste liber constat cathedrali ecclesie beate Marie Wygornie" (ad fin.). (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).

Turner, Lat. 10. (MLGB3)

Record Sources

Bibliography

Last Substantive Revision

2024-05: Add extent and leaf dimensions from Summary Catalogue.