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MS. e Mus. 249

Summary Catalogue no.: 27835

Contents

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
205 + i fols.
Dimensions (leaf): 207 × 140 mm.

Layout

2 cols. 34-5 lines, with some variation, column space 175–180 × 45–50 mm.

Fols. 115-129: 1 col., 34-35 lines, with some variation, 158–175 × 85–100 mm.

Decoration

Initials.

History

Origin: c. 1180–1200 ; English

Provenance and Acquisition

Belvoir, Lincolnshire, Benedictine priory of St Mary the Virgin; cell of St Albans: 'Hunc librum dedit fr. Willemus de Beluero prior eiusdem ecclesie deo et b. Marie de Beluero, quem qui alienauerit uel [titulum] deleuerit anathema sit. Anima dicti Willelmi et anime omnium fidelium defunctorum requiescant in pace, Amen' (fol. 1r). (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).

Thomas Cave (1754). (MLGB3)

Record Sources

Summary description by Elizabeth Solopova and Matthew Holford, based on the Summary Catalogue and supplementary sources.
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 5, p. 367
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 5, p. 368

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (1 image from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2024-09: Add extent, leaf dimensions and layout from Watson, Dated and Datable.