MS. Rawl. Q. f. 8
Summary Catalogue no.: 27836
Contents
Letters of and documents concerning Thomas Becket.
Language(s): Latin
From the library of Ely cathedral priory.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: 122 fols.
Dimensions (leaf): 154 × 115 mm.
Layout
1 col., 115-120 × 75-85 mm.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Ely, Cambridgeshire, Benedictine abbey and (1109) cathedral priory of St Peter and St Etheldreda: "Iste liber pertinet ecclesie Eliensi" (foot of last leaf: fol. 122v). Ely cross-mark on fol. 1r (outer margin). (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).
Lord Somess "a.35", "His. Aug. 21", "q I 18." Sir Joseph Jekyll (lot 259 in sale 1739). (MLGB3)
No old flyleaves; binding of s. xviii 1 . (MLGB3)
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1755
Record Sources
Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1895).
Bibliography
Online resources:
Printed descriptions:
A. Watson, Catalogue of Dated and Datable Manuscripts in Oxford Libraries (1984), no. 691
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2024-09: Add extent, leaf dimensions and layout from Watson, Dated and Datable.