MS. Savile 19

Summary Catalogue no.: 6565

in a version usually attributed to Adelard of Bath

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: parchment

Binding

White leather on bevelled boards, with remains of loose outer cover and clasp, as no. 6564, 14th-15th-cent. English work.

History

Origin: 13th century, third quarter ; English

Provenance and Acquisition

Oxford, Oxfordshire, Merton College: 'Liber domus scolarium de merton in oxon.' (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).

= no. 22 in Electio of c. 1410 at Merton College (Powicke, Books of Merton, p. 68). (MLGB3)

Record Sources

Summary description by Elizabeth Solopova and Matthew Holford, based on the Summary Catalogue and supplementary sources.

Summary Catalogue, Vol. 2 Part 2, p. 1105

Bibliography

Online resources:

MLGB3: Medieval Libraries of Great Britain

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2022-04-04: Add binding information from Summary Catalogue.

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