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MS. Lyell 41

Contents

Gratian, Decretum (with glosses)
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Historiated initials. Small initials red or blue flourished in blue or red. (Pächt and Alexander i. 511, pl. XL)

History

Origin: 13th century, early ; French

Provenance and Acquisition

James P. R. Lyell, 1871–1948

Chosen as one of the hundred manuscripts bequeathed to the Bodleian by Lyell in 1948.

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from A. de la Mare, Catalogue of the Medieval Manuscripts Bequeathed to the Bodleian Library Oxford by James P. R. Lyell (1971)
Catalogue, p. 114
Catalogue, p. 115
Catalogue, p. 116
Catalogue, p. 117
Catalogue, p. 118

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (19 images from 35mm slides)

Abbreviations

View list of abbreviations and editorial conventions.

Last Substantive Revision

2018-06-15: Mitch Fraas Provenance and acquisition information added using https://github.com/littlegustv/oxfordupdates/blob/master/test_case_for_oxford_prov.rb in collaboration with the Mapping Manuscript Migrations project.