Nicholas of Lyra, Postilla litteralis, bequeathed to Durham Priory by Bishop Thomas Langley.
Parchment
flyleaf, I-XIX8, XX4, endleaf
56 lines
Written in Textualis semi-quadrata possibly by a single hand. A scribe names himself as John Wykingeston on f.156v and John on f.59r.
Red and blue initials.
Standard Tuckett binding, mid 19th century full brown calf over thick wooden boards (Charles Tuckett, binder to the British Museum, rebound many Durham manuscripts in the 19th century). Rust stain at the foot of f.1 from the chain staple on an earlier binding.
Written in England, late 14th - early 15th century.
Inscription: liber sancti Cuthberti de communi libraria monachorum Dunelm′ ex dono Domini Thome langley episcopi eiusdem, early 15th century, top f.2r
Pressmark: 1a.2i.O. 15th century, f.2r
Catalogi veteres librorum Ecclesiae cathedralis dunelm. Catalogues of the library of Durham cathedral, at various periods, from the conquest to the dissolution, including catalogues of the library of the abbey of Hulne, and of the mss.
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Surtees Society 7, (London: J.B. Nichols and Son, [1838]).