MS. Laud Misc. 413
Summary Catalogue no.: 970
Contents
Vita S. Godrici
, Language(s): Latin with Old English
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Binding
Late 14th-century binding, rebacked.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Durham, Benedictine cathedral priory of St Cuthbert: (fol. 1r) Erased inscription "liber sancti cuthberti de Dunelmo in quo continentur uita et miracula godrici heremite ad finem libri." (s. xiv; last three words s. xv), and pressmark "1 a . 7 i . V." Letter mark 'L'. (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).
"Aug. Lindsell ex dono amantissimi Antonii Maxton." Archbishop Laud 1633. (MLGB3)
Medieval binding of bright red skin. Mynors no. 112. (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).
Bibliography
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2024-08: Add binding information from Quarto Catalogue.