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MS. Auct. F. 4. 31

Summary Catalogue no.: 8862

Contents

Ovid, Metamorphoses

Imperfect: from i.647 'Nec retinet' to viii.56 'utile uinci', ending on the recto of a leaf.

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: 71 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 9.25 × 6.75 in.

Condition

In parts rubbed.

History

Origin: 13th century ; French

Provenance and Acquisition

'Bourdelot', fol. 5: Jean Bourdelot (d. 1638) and/or his nephew and heir Pierre Bourdelot (d. 1685); Pierre was the doctor of Queen Christina of Sweden, who acquired most of his library, now in the Reg. lat. fonds in the Vatican (Elisabeth Pellegrin, 'Catalogue des manuscrits de Jean et Pierre Bourdelot', Scriptorium 40/2 (1986) 202-232).

The present manuscript acquired by Isaac Voss, Queen Christina's librarian (Pellegrin, p. 203).

Acquired from Voss by Nicholas Heinsius: 'NH vidi' (Pellegrin, p. 203); Heinsius sale, March 1682/3; catalogue, II.88, no. 338.

Purchased at the sale by Edward Bernard.

Bequeathed by him to his wife; purchased from her by the Bodleian in 1698.

Record Sources

Description adapted (July 2022) from the Summary Catalogue (1895) with additional reference to published literature as cited.
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 3, p. 19

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Last Substantive Revision

2022-07: Description revised for publication on Digital Bodleian.