MS. Wood empt. 14
Summary Catalogue no.: 8602
Contents
(fol. 1)
Statutes of the Carthusian order Incipit: De divino officio
Lacking the third part of the old statutes
The second part of the old statutes begins at fol. 58v, and the three parts of the new customs at fols 106v, 115v and 129 respectively
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: vi + '136' (really 137) leaves
Dimensions (binding): 8.8 × 6 in.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Axholme, Lincolnshire, Charterhouse of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary: 'D. Joh' Chamberlayne' (fol. 106r); John Chamberlain was a monk at Axholme at the surrender, 1538, and was also apparently at Hinton charterhouse at the surrender, 1539 (MLGB3)
Hinton, Somerset, Charterhouse of St Mary the Virgin, St John the Baptist and All Saints
Bought by the library in 1690
Record Sources
Description adapted (March 2025) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1937)
Bibliography
Online resources:
Printed descriptions:
S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 3: Rituals and Directories (typescript, 1957), p. 240
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2025-03-03: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1937)