MS. Hatton 88

Summary Catalogue no.: 4080

Language(s): Latin

Jacobus de Voragine, Legenda aurea

Rubric: Legendae sanctorum quas compilauit frater Iacobus natione Ianuensis de ordine fratrum predicatorum

With prologue and list of contents

The chapter 'De uirgine Antiochie' occurs out of place at fol. 4, and two leaves are wanting after fol. 143

At fol. 2 are fourteen 'miracula de corpore Christi'

Incipit: Primum miraculum quare sollennitas noui festi

There are Latin verses on fol. 5 and a liturgical note on Sarum usage on fol. 240

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: parchment

Extent: 241 leaves

Dimensions (binding): 10.875 × 6.875 in.

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander iii. 640

Border

Initial

History

Origin: 14th century, middle ; England

Provenance and Acquisition

'Jhon Farley', c. 1600, fol. ii verso

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). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973)

Summary Catalogue, Vol. 2 Part 2, p. 832

Abbreviations

View list of abbreviations and editorial conventions.

Last Substantive Revision

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

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