Lincoln, Cathedral Library, MS 38

Selected Canon Law Collections, ca. 500–1234
Library Lincoln, Cathedral Library
Shelfmark MS 38
Olim shelfmark A.2.7
Century saec. XIIImed
Provenance
European region of origin England
Collection Compilatio I
Collection 2 Compilatio III
Collection 3 Compilatio II
Digital Images not online as of February 2026
Description at archive.lincolncathedral.com (Catalogue)
Author Christof Rolker


Lincoln, Cathedral Library, MS 38 (olim A.2.7) is a composite manuscript composed of copies of the Breviarium extravagantium (= Comp. I) on fol. 1-74, Compilatio III on fol. 75-116v, and Compilatio II on fol. 163-204v. The three volumes were bound together "early" according to Thomson; 204 parchment peaves, two columns of 40, 50, and 39 lines respectively.

Literature

Thomson, Catalogue pp. 27-28.