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

MS. Holkham misc. 27

Summary Catalogue no.: Not in SC (late accession)

Contents

1. (fol. 1)
Ricobaldus of Ferrara (attrib.), Compilatio chronologica (pr. Muratori, Rerum Ital. Scriptores, IX, 193–262) in this MS. ending at 1313 (at 'natura loci pretutum'; Muratori, co. 259).
Language(s): Latin
3. (fol. 81r)

A note on events said to have happened 'septima die exeunte Marcio'.

Physical Description

Secundo Folio: Septim incipit
Form: codex
Support: Paper. Watermark three hills in circle, cf. Briquet 11881.
Extent: iii (modern paper) + 81 + iii (modern paper)
Dimensions (leaf): 212 × 140 mm.
Dimensions (ruled): 105 × 75 mm.
Foliation: Modern pencil: i-iii, 1–84.

Collation

1(10)-3(10), 4(12), 5(10) (9 canc.), 6(10)-8(10), catchwords

Layout

24–5 lines per page written below top line; in 1 column.

Hand(s)

'rotunda' script

Decoration

Spaces for initials left unfilled.

Binding

Typical Holkham binding in polished and diced brown leather; the spine tooled 'S. HIERONYM | CRONICA | A | JO. LIGNAMINE' and the number '462'.

History

Origin: Italian ; 15th century

Provenance and Acquisition

An incorrect 16th-century title label (cf. spine title) is now affixed to fol. iii verso.

Signed by 'Thos. Willm. Coke' (fol. i verso), formerly Norfolk, Holkham Hall, MS. 462.

Record Sources

Draft description by Peter Kidd, late 1990s

Last Substantive Revision

2017-07-01: First online publication.