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

MS. Laud Misc. 720

Summary Catalogue no.: 1062

Physical Description

Composite

Binding

19th-century calf rebind.

MS. Laud Misc. 720 – Part 1

Contents

2. (fols. 134–244)
Giraldus Cambrensis, De topographia Hiberniae
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander iii. 462, pl. XLI:

Fine miniatures (marginal coloured drawings) on fols. 134–244. Partly mutilated.

History

Origin: 13th century, third quarter ; English

MS. Laud Misc. 720 – Part 2

Contents

2.
Charter of Richard I relating to Scotland
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 13th century, third quarter ; English

Additional Information

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 [part 1] follow Pächt and Alexander (1973).

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (1 image from 35mm slides)
Digital Bodleian (11 images from 35mm slides) [part 2]

Last Substantive Revision

2024-08: Add binding information from Quarto Catalogue.