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

MS. Auct. F. 3. 8

Summary Catalogue no.: 2547

Contents

Grammatical treatises.
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

two parts, with end flyleaf
Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander iii. 502:

Illuminated capitals. Coloured capitals.

Fol. 55 (flyleaf), architectural sketch.

History

Origin: 13th century, second half ; English

Provenance and Acquisition

Reading, Berkshire, Benedictine abbey of Saint Mary the Virgin: 'Hunc librum dedit frater Alwredus de dovera deo et ecclesie beate Marie Rading.' The booklist in Bodley 125 (pr. BQR 4. 168) notices a Bible given by Alfred of Dover. 'Ego Sutton monachus Radingensis.' (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).

'Willelmus Slythurst.' 'Sir John Catby.' William Burdet of Sonning, 1608. (MLGB3)

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1922). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973).

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (1 image from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

Last Substantive Revision

2021-12-14: Add provenance information from MLGB3.