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

MS. Selden Supra 31

Summary Catalogue no.: 3419

Contents

1.
'Chronica mendosa Sarracenorum' to 683 A.D.

Latin translation by Robert of Ketton

Language(s): Latin
2.
De generacione Mahumet
Language(s): Latin
3.
Doctrina Mahumet
Language(s): Latin
4.
Koran

Latin translation by Robert of Ketton

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 13th century

Provenance and Acquisition

Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, Benedictine abbey of St Edmund, King and Martyr: 'Liber monachorum sancti Edmundi' (flyleaf verso, s. xiv); pressmark ‘M. 10’ (top fol. 1r, ?s. xiv). (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).

John Selden, 1584–1654

Acquired by the Bodleian in 1659

Record Sources

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

Bibliography

Last Substantive Revision

2019-10-31: Toby Burrows/Mapping Manuscript MigrationsProvenance and acquisition information added using https://github.com/mapping-manuscript-migrations/oxford-tei-updates/blob/master/update_oxford_prov.rb in collaboration with the Mapping Manuscript Migrations project.