MS. Lat. bib. b. 2 (P)
Summary Catalogue no.: 2202*
Papyrological Reference: CLA ii. 214
Trismegistos no.: 66312
Contents
Acts of the Apostles (fragment) (1) parts of Acts xviii. 27-xix. 13: (2) Acts xix. 14 (part) - 27 (part), 28 - xx. 40: (3) parts of Acts xxi. 1–12.
Part of the same manuscript as British Library, Royal MS. 1 E. vi, and Canterbury Cathedral, Add. 16 (Gneuss & Lapidge no. 448).
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: one leaf
Dimensions (binding): 15.25 × 10.25 in.
Layout
Originally 2 cols, 40 lines.
Hand(s)
Half-uncial
Decoration
Good initials. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 4)
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Canterbury, Benedictine abbey of St Augustine: formerly part of the binding of MS. Bodl. 381 (q.v.), removed in 1897.
Record Sources
Description adapted (Jan. 2021) from the following sources, with additional reference to published literature as cited:
Otto Pächt and J. J. G. Alexander, Illuminated Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, III (1973), no. 4
Summary Catalogue (1922)
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (1 image from 35mm slides)
Bibliography
H. Gneuss and M. Lapidge, Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts: A Bibliographical Handlist of Manuscripts and Manuscript Fragments Written or Owned in England up to 1100 (2014), no. 448
Online resources:
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2021-01-18: Description revised to incorporate all information in SC with reference to select published literature.