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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
ii + 78 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 11.25 × 0.75 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
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)
Abbreviations
View list of abbreviations and editorial conventions.
Last Substantive Revision
2025-04-22: Sebastian Dows-Miller. Corrected typo in binding measurement.