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

MS. Auct. F. 2. 13

Summary Catalogue no.: 27603

Contents

Terence, Comedies
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander iii. 132, pl. XIV:

Important miniatures (drawings).

Good initials.

History

Origin: 12th century, middle ; English, St. Albans

Provenance and Acquisition

St Albans, Hertfordshire, Benedictine abbey of St Alban: 'Hic est liber sancti Albani quem qui ...' (fol. 1r), in red, s. xiii early. (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).

Henry Allen (s. xvi). Nic. Frevile of Hardwick co. Durham (d. 1674). Given in 1704 by Frevile Lambton of Hardwick. On fol. ii recto (flyleaf from the Sanctorale of a 15th-cent. breviary) are 'Walle quod Rogerus and Gulielmus Cavendish possessor huius libri'. (MLGB3)

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1905). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973).

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Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (full digital facsimile)
Digital Bodleian (146 images from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

Last Substantive Revision

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