Statutes of the cathedral church of Exeter, Written in divers hands in the 2nd half of the 15th century
Statutes of the cathedral church of Exeter, 1268-1446 (fol. 2), with numerous contemporary and later marginalia, preceded by an analysis in another hand, beg. 'Hie sequuntur capitula super quibusdam extractis de statutis ecclesie, que extracta immediate sequuntur capitula. Et in capite capitulorum describuntur nomina episcoporum statuencium et in margine illi de ecclesia quos concernunt' (fol. ii), and brief statutes of bishops William [Brewer] and Henry [Marshal].
Dates
- Creation: Written in divers hands in the 2nd half of the 15th century
Extent
47 Leaves
Language of Materials
- Latin
Shelfmark
MS. Wood empt. 9
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. 8597
Custodial History
Probably obtained by Wood from the library of Ralph Sheldon of Beoley (see MS. Wood D. 6, fol. 225v).
Bibliography
- For some statutes 1268-1358 see Hist. MSS. Comm. Rep., Var. Coll . iv. 41.
Physical Facet
On parchment, binding, contemporary parchment
Dimensions
10 1/2 × 6 1/2 in.
Repository Details
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