MS. Barlow 4
Summary Catalogue no.: 6416
Contents
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)
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). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973).
Bibliography
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Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2021-12-14: Add provenance information from MLGB3.