Cambridge, Peterhouse, 74
From Clavis Canonum
Cambridge, Peterhouse, 74 (today kept in the University Library like all medieval manuscripts from Peterhouse) is a copy of the Collectio Lanfranci. It survives in its twelfth-century binding, and is complete except for the los of one quire
The manuscript was owned by William of Saint-Calais, the bishop of Durham (1080-1096) who bequeathed it to the cathedral library. It was used for the famous tract defending William's position known as De iniusta vexacione Willelmi episcopi primi.
Links
- Description and digital images: https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-PETERHOUSE-00074/1
Note that the description dates the manuscript saec. XIV and contradicts itself about the date the manuscript arrived at Peterhouse (before 1600 or after 1604).
