MS. Wood empt. 1
Summary Catalogue no.: 8589
Physical Description
Composite
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Glastonbury, Somerset, Benedictine Abbey of Saint Mary the Virgin: "Liber monasterii Glastonie de perquisito bone memorie Walteri de Mointon quondam abbatis ibidem ... et uocatur secretum abbatis, secundo folio Et cuius lotus." (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).
Lord Arundel. Ralph Sheldon 1677 (see Cat. in Wood D. 6, p. 223). (MLGB3)
MS. Wood empt. 1 – Part 1
Contents
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
History
MS. Wood empt. 1 – Part 2
Contents
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Decoration
Fine border.
Fine historiated initials.
Good penwork borders, initials. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 593, pl. LXI)
History
Additional Information
Record Sources
Summary description by Elizabeth Solopova and Matthew Holford, based on the Summary Catalogue and supplementary sources.
Bibliography
Online resources:
Printed descriptions:
A. Watson, Catalogue of Dated and Datable Manuscripts in Oxford Libraries (1984), no. 709 (fols. 1-264)
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2021-12-14: Add provenance information from MLGB3.