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MS. e Mus. 66

Summary Catalogue no.: 3655

Physical Description

Composite
Musical Notation:

Notation on staves (see van Dijk 1957).

Binding

White leather on boards, with two leather straps, 15th-cent. English work.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Canterbury, Kent, Benedictine abbey of St Augustine (originally of St Peter and St Paul): (MLGB3: evidence from the style of script or illumination).

Given to the Bodleian in 1680 by Alex. Fetherston, vicar of Wolverton and Prebendary of Lichfield. (MLGB3)

Late medieval binding. Fragments of Arator (half uncial, s. vii) have left legible offsets on the boards, but are themselves missing. (MLGB3)

MS. e Mus. 66 – Part 1

Contents

1.
Bede, Commentary on the Song of Songs
Language(s): Latin
2.
Franco, De gratia Dei
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Fine initials. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 87, pl. VIII)

History

Origin: c. 1110–1140 ; English, Canterbury, St. Augustine's

MS. e Mus. 66 – Part 2

Contents

1.
Arator, Historia apostolica (binding fragments)
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: offsets on wooden boards

History

Origin: late 6th or early 7th century ; Italian, North or ; French (?)

Additional Information

Record Sources

Summary description by Elizabeth Solopova and Matthew Holford, based on the Summary Catalogue and supplementary sources.
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 2 Part 2, p. 721

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (8 images from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2022-04-04: Add binding information from Summary Catalogue.