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MS. Laud Misc. 149

Summary Catalogue no.: 1337

Contents

1.
Stephen Langton, Commentary on Isaiah
Language(s): Latin
2.
Stephen Langton, Commentary on Tobit
Language(s): Latin
3.
Stephen Langton, Commentary on Judith
Language(s): Latin
4.
Stephen Langton, Commentary on Chronicles
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander iii. 320:

Good and other initials with fleurons added 13th century, first half.

History

Origin: 13th century, beginning; added decoration 13th century, first half ; English

Provenance and Acquisition

Byland, Yorkshire, Cistercian abbey of St Mary the Virgin: 'Liber sancte Marie de Bella Landa' (fol. 2r, s. xiv). (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).

Henry Savile of Banke (1568–1617). [?no. 39 in Savile cat.] (MLGB3)

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Quarto Catalogue (H. O. Coxe, Laudian Manuscripts, Quarto Catalogues II, repr. with corrections, 1969, from the original ed. of 1858–1885). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973).
Quarto Catalogue, col. 142
Quarto Catalogue, col. 143
Quarto Catalogue, p. 549
Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 1, p. 57

Bibliography

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

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