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

MS. Hatton 72

Summary Catalogue no.: 4126

Contents

Petrus Comestor, Historia scholastica
Rubric: Historia Veteris et Novi Testamenti a magistro Petro Manducatore ad literam edita

With numerous marginal notes

The New Testament part begins at fol. 128v, but wants all after 'uolebat sequi dominum ut disceret signa facere' in Chapter 54 of Migne's edition

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: 135 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 12.25 × 8.25 in.

Condition

A leaf has been cut out after fol. 40. Imperfect at end

Layout

2 columns

Decoration

Illuminated capitals (red and blue)

History

Origin: 14th century, late ; England

Provenance and Acquisition

Christopher, first Baron Hatton (d. 1670)

Bought in 1671 by the Bodleian through the London bookseller Robert Scot (b. in or before 1632, d. 1709/1710); see Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 2, p. 801

Record Sources

Description adapted (May 2024) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1937)

Last Substantive Revision

2024-05-13: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1937)