Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 485: Bible.

Title:

Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 485: Bible.

Alternate Title:

Biblia

Language:

Latin

Extent:

ff. 3 + 379

Approximate Date:

[ca. 1200 - 1299]

Collection:

Parker Manuscripts

Table of contents:

Bible

Description:

CCCC MS 485 is an English Latin Bible of the middle years of the thirteenth century which includes a list of books once owned by Robert of Aldsworth (fl. 1275), a monk of Gloucester. The Bible was at Gloucester by the third quarter of the thirteenth century as evidenced by an inscription mentioning Reginald de Haunne, abbot 1263-84. The book is decorated with ornamental and figure initials in a simple style, not using gold grounds.