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Physical description: On parchment. i + 246 + i leaves, 192 x 140 mm.
Contents: fragments of a 15th century copy of Richard of St Victor on the Apocalypse used in 19th century binding.
Decoration: Initials: at start of books, in red and blue, some framed; 3-line in blue and red in the first column, some outside the written text of second column; 1-line blue or red in tables. Capitals stroked in red.
Binding: 19th century, reusing parchment leaves from a 15th century MS of Richard of St Victor's Commentary on the Apocalypse.
Provenance before 1826?: James Taylor, bookseller, 162 Great Surrey Street, London.
Provenance before 1895-1895: Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872) Phillipps MS 2194, his sale 21 March 1895 lot 589 at £9.9s, to Nichols.
Provenance 1895-before 1898: H. S. Nichols, bookseller(?) bought from Phillipps sale above.
Provenance 1898- 1898: Harold Baillie Weaver (1860-1926) his sale at Christies 29-31 March 1898, lot 289.
Provenance 1898?-1913?: Henry Young and Sons, booksellers in Liverpool, item 262 at £13.13s in their catalogue.
Provenance 1913-1913: bought for the Department of Education from the C. Sydney Jones fund, 1 Feb. 1913. Bookplate of the C. Sydney Jones gift to the University of Liverpool.
Medieval Manuscripts on Merseyside,1993. University Art Gallery, Liverpool and Courtauld Institute Galleries, London. Item 44.
Microfilm copy available for consultation.
