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

MS. e Mus. 27

Summary Catalogue no.: 3572

Contents

Ambrose, Commentary on St. Luke
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Fine initials (sketches). (Pächt and Alexander iii. 100, pl. IX)

History

Origin: 12th century, second quarter ; English, Bury St. Edmunds

Provenance and Acquisition

Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, Benedictine abbey of St Edmund, King and Martyr: 'Liber monachorum sancti Edmundi'; 'A.67'. (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).

John Parry, 1653–4. (MLGB3)

Record Sources

Summary description by Elizabeth Solopova and Matthew Holford, based on the Summary Catalogue and supplementary sources.

Bibliography

Last Substantive Revision

2021-12-14: Add provenance information from MLGB3.