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

MS. Jones 9

Summary Catalogue no.: 8916

Contents

Martyrology,

written for the Cluniac abbey of Faversham in Kent

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Binding

(leather on boards) and its sheepskin cover with clasp.

History

Origin: c. 1400 ; English, Kent

Provenance and Acquisition

Faversham, Kent, Benedictine abbey of St Saviour: Provenance inferred from obits etc. (MLGB3: evidence from locally specific contents, including obits, scribbles, etc.).

Henry Jones, -1707

Received by the Bodleian, 1708.

Record Sources

Summary description by Elizabeth Solopova and Matthew Holford, based on the Summary Catalogue and supplementary sources.

Bibliography

    Online resources:

    Printed descriptions:

    S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 2: Office Books (typescript, 1957), p. 199
    S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 5: Fragments - Mass Books (typescript, 1957), pp. 105, 167

Last Substantive Revision

2022-04-04: Add binding information from Summary Catalogue.