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

MS. e Mus. 34

Summary Catalogue no.: 3577

Contents

Le livre de Sydrac
Language(s): Old French

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Initials. (Pächt and Alexander i. 628)

History

Origin: 14th century, second half ; French

Provenance and Acquisition

Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, Benedictine abbey of St Edmund, King and Martyr (?) : Provenance is suggested by the fact that the MS was bought in a cache of MSS from Bury now also in the e Mus. class. (MLGB3: inferred evidence).

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.