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MS. Lat. misc. e. 42

Summary Catalogue no.: 36220

Physical Description

Composite: fols 1–4 || fols. 5–52 || fols. 53–54
Musical Notation:

Notation on staves (see van Dijk 1957).

Binding

Plain white sheepskin on re-used and worm-eaten boards, with clasp, English 15th cent. (?) work.

MS. Lat. misc. e. 42 – Part 1

Contents

Gradual, Use of Sarum (fragment)
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 13th century ; English

MS. Lat. misc. e. 42 – Part 2

Contents

Geoffrey of Monmouth, Historia regum Britanniae (beginning and end lost)
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander iii. 136, pl. XV:

Fine and other initials.

History

Origin: 12th century, middle ; English, Bury St. Edmunds (?)

MS. Lat. misc. e. 42 – Part 3

Contents

Boethius, Opuscula sacra

With commentary of Gilbert de la Porrée (fragment).

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 13th century, early ; English

Additional Information

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1924). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973).
Summary Catalogue, vol. 6, p. 434

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (2 images from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 5: Fragments - Mass Books (typescript, 1957), pp. 74, 99

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Last Substantive Revision

2023-04: Add binding description from Summary Catalogue.