Lincoln, Cathedral Library, MS 3
Selected Canon Law Collections, ca. 500–1234
| Library | Lincoln, Cathedral Library |
|---|---|
| Shelfmark | MS 3 |
| Olim shelfmark | A.1.15 |
| Century | saec. XIV |
| Provenance | Lincoln (saec. XIVmed) |
| European region of origin | France, Italy, England |
| Collection | Liber Extra |
| Digital Images | not online as of May 2025 |
| Description at | archive.lincolncathedral.com |
| Author | Martin Bertram |
Lincoln, Cathedral Library, MS 3 is composite manuscript containing a complete copy of the Liber Extra as part one. The 1989 catalogue describes it as follows: 204 parchment leaves, damaged by damp, 395 x 250 mm, written in two columns of 42 lines; the collation formula is A4 "(? - hard to collate)", 1-128, 1310, 14-178, 18-2010, 218, 2212/2312. the manuscript is composite; part 1 (maybe French) contains Decretales Gregorii with gloss of Bernard de Botone of Parma on fol. 4v-192v, part 2 (Italian) contains Novellae Innocentii IV with gloss of Bernardus Compostellanus iunior on fol. 193r-204v. "The gloss throuout is in an English hand."
Literature
Thomson, Catalogue pp. 4-5.
