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

MS. Laud Misc. 176

Summary Catalogue no.: 660

Contents

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Binding

14th-century sewing; leaves of vellum replace original boards.

History

Origin: 14th century

Provenance and Acquisition

Bedford, Bedfordshire, Franciscan convent: 'Iste liber attinet conventui Bedfordie, de dono fratris magistri Iohannis Grene, sacre theologie doctoris, anno Domini 1.5XXI. De dono fratrum minorum Bedffordie.' (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).

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).

Bibliography

Last Substantive Revision

2024-08: Add binding information from Quarto Catalogue.