MS. e Mus. 223
Summary Catalogue no.: 3538
Physical Description
Binding
Brown leather with gold ornament and 'A B' (English work, about A.D. 1600).
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Canterbury, Kent, Benedictine abbey of St Augustine (originally of St Peter and St Paul): Originally one volume with Eton College, MSS 160 + 161 "De Librario Sancti Augustini Cantuariensis". "cum M." (fols. ii verso and iii verso), s. xv in. "Iohannis de London:" (fols. ii verso and iii verso). John de London's inscription on fol. ii verso is in the same hand (c. 1300) as in Rawl. C.117. His floruit as a monk of St Augustine's is c. 1290–c. 1330. Medieval foliation on versos to 137, then on rectos. (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).
Thomas Clayton? (d. 1647). (MLGB3)
MS. e Mus. 223 – Part 1
Contents
Physical Description
Decoration
Illuminated borders, capitals.
History
MS. e Mus. 223 – Part 2
Contents
Physical Description
Decoration
Illuminated borders, capitals.
History
Additional Information
Record Sources
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (1 image from 35mm slides)
Digital Bodleian (1 image from 35mm slides)
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Last Substantive Revision
2022-04-04: Add binding information from Summary Catalogue.