MS. Laud Misc. 389

Summary Catalogue no.: 1367

Pera peregrini (extracts) (theological compilation: Sharpe, Latin Writers, s.n. John Felton (d. 1434))

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: parchment

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander iii. 779:

Good borders.

Good initials.

History

Origin: c. 1400 ; English

Provenance and Acquisition

Durham, Benedictine cathedral priory of St Cuthbert: Title: "Tractatus extractus de Pera Peregrini ex procuracione fratris T. Rome, sacre pagine professoris." (cf. Durham B.III.6, B.III.22). (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).

Francis Green, vicar of Grindon Co. Durham 1589. Given by Anthony Maxton to Aug. Lindsell. (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. 288

Quarto Catalogue, col. 289

Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 1, p. 58