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Peter of Ickham, Compilatio de gestis Britonum et Anglorum, 15th century, third quarter

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MS. Laud Misc. 730
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Peter of Ickham, Compilatio de gestis Britonum et Anglorum. In the binding are fragments of 'a mortuary roll ... commemorating Joh. Wodensburghe'.

Dates

  • Creation: 15th century, third quarter

Extent

93 Leaves

Language of Materials

  • Latin

Shelfmark

MS. Laud Misc. 730

Arrangement

Originally arranged and housed in 1641 at the Bodleian in Duke Humfrey’s Library, Selden End, compartment as ‘I 61’, see Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. II, p. 14

Other Finding Aids

Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. II, no. 1401

Henry O. Coxe, Catalogi codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Bodleianae pars secunda codices Latinos et Miscellaneous Laudianos complectens (Oxford, 1885, reprinted in 1973, with numerous corrections and additions, and an historical introduction by R.W. Hunt), Misc. no. 730

Custodial History

The roll perhaps emanated from Fountains Abbey. Manuscript 2259 acquired by the Bodleian Library

Physical Facet

17th century binding, roll-tooled over boards

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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