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MS. Laud Lat. 4

Summary Catalogue no.: 760

Contents

1.
John of Salisbury, Polycraticus
Language(s): Latin
2.
Solinus, Collectanea rerum memorabilium
Language(s): Latin
3.
Eutropius, Breuiarium ab urbe condita
Language(s): Latin
4.
Orosius, Historia aduersus paganos
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Hand(s)

Written in 1406 by fr. Johannes Merylynch, monk of Glastonbury, fols v verso, 27v. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 797)

Decoration

Fine borders.

Fine initials. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 797)

History

Origin: 1406 ; English, Glastonbury

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. 7
Quarto Catalogue, p. 537 (addenda)
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 2, part 1, p. 33

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (1 image from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    A. Watson, Catalogue of Dated and Datable Manuscripts in Oxford Libraries (1984), no. 581

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2017-07-01: First online publication.