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

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

Origin: 15th century, second half ; England

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

Anthony à Wood

Bought by the library in 1690

Record Sources

Description adapted (March 2025) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1937)

Bibliography

Last Substantive Revision

2025-03-03: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1937)