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

MS. Top. Lincs. d. 1

Summary Catalogue no.: 29005

Contents

Cartulary of Nun Cotham nunnery (G. R. C. Davis et al., Medieval Cartularies of Great Britain and Ireland, no. 726)
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: ii + 78 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 11.25 × .75 in.

Decoration

Drawings of a ship and plough are at fols. 36 and 53.

Binding

White leather on boards, early 15th century (?). Part of the binding is the computus of the granger of the nunnery, A.D. 1375.

History

Origin: English ; 13th-14th centuries, with additions to at least 1524

Provenance and Acquisition

North family, Barons North and Earls of Guildford , 17th-19th centuries. Seen by Dugdale in the possession of sir Dudley North in A.D. 1652.

Bought from Col. J. Sidney North , 1871

Record Sources

Description adapted (2024) from the Summary Catalogue (1905) with additional reference to published literature as cited.

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (1 image from 35mm slides)

Last Substantive Revision

2024-12: Description revised to incorporate all information from Summary Catalogue.