Photographs of manuscript fragments from four distinct 14th-century manuscripts
Photographs of manuscript fragments from four distinct 14th-century manuscripts, used as pastedowns in the 16th-century Oxford bindings of a nine-volume printed Talmud (Venice 1539) acquired in 1980 by the Valmadonna Trust from the Library of Westminster Abbey (E. 3. 22). The pastedowns are identified by N. R. Ker, Pastedowns in Oxford bindings (Oxford Bibliographical Society Publications, N.S.V), Oxford 1954, p. 73 nos. 788, 788a-c, as:
- (fols. 1-7) Ker no. 788, fragments from a commentary on the Clementine constitutions, written [in Italy] in the 14th century
- (fols. 8-12) Ker no. 788a, fragments from a 14th-century manuscript of scholastic theology
- (fols. 13-14) Ker no. 788b, fragments from a treatise on canon law, written in the 14th century [perhaps in Italy]
- (fol. 15) Ker no. 788c, a fragment from Bartholomaeus Anglicus, De proprietatibus rerum, 14th century.
Dates
- Creation: originals dated 14th century
Extent
1 box
Language of Materials
- English
- Latin
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Facs. c. 88, fols. 1-2].
Shelfmark:
MS. Facs. c. 88
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 21502
Abstract
Photographs of manuscript fragments from four distinct 14th-century manuscripts, used as pastedowns in the 16th-century Oxford bindings of a nine-volume printed Talmud.
Biographical / Historical
No biographical information is known.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Given by the Valmadonna Trust through Mr. Edgar Samuel, with (fols. i-v) an offprint of E. Samuel, ‘The Provenance of the Westminster Talmud’, The Jewish Historical Society of England, Miscellanies pt. XII (1982), 148-150, p1. VIII.
Physical Facet
15 glossy prints
- Title
- Photographs of manuscript fragments from four distinct 14th-century manuscripts
- Status
- Published
- Author
- EAD version 2021 by Hannah Jordan
- Date
- EAD version 2021
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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