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

MS. Lat. misc. b. 2 (R)

Summary Catalogue no.: 30561

Contents

2.
Pedigree-chronicle of Tewkesbury abbey to 1435, continued to 1480
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: roll
Support: parchment
Dimensions (roll): c. 5215 × 410 mm.

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander iii. 899:

Good miniatures (coloured drawings).

Good coats of arms.

History

Origin: c. 1435 ; English, Tewkesbury (?)

Provenance and Acquisition

Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, Benedictine abbey of St Mary the Virgin (?) : Verso of roll gives line of succession of founders and patrons of Tewkesbury, etc. (MLGB3: evidence from locally specific contents, including obits, scribbles, etc.).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1905). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973).

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (16 images from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

Last Substantive Revision

2024-09: Add extent, leaf dimensions and layout from Watson, Dated and Datable.