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
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
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Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2021-12-14: Add provenance information from MLGB3.