MS. Barlow 4
Summary Catalogue no.: 6416
Contents
Smaragdus, Collectiones epistolarum et evangeliorum de tempore et de sanctis (Stegmüller 7695)
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Decoration
Good miniatures (marginal sketches with a pen and with a hard point, pp. 123, 450) added in the early 11th century. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 40)
Binding
Stamped brown leather, English work, rebacked.
History
Origin: 9th century; decoration added, 11th century, early ; Continental European
Provenance and Acquisition
Worcester, Worcestershire, Benedictine cathedral priory of St Mary the Virgin: (MLGB3: evidence from the style of script or illumination).
Format similar to Worcester Cathedral MSS. F.91-94; cf. script on p. 6 (heading) with F.92 fol. 231v. (MLGB3)
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1691
Record Sources
Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1937), with reference to published literature as cited. Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973).
Bibliography
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Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2022-04-04: Add binding information from Summary Catalogue.