A catalogue of Western manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries and selected Oxford colleges

MS. Auct. F. 3. 15

Summary Catalogue no.: 3511

Physical Description

Composite: three parts, with fols. 54–65 palimpsest

MS. Auct. F. 3. 15 – Part 1

Contents

(fol. 1)
Plato, Timaeus,

tr. Calcidius

Language(s): Latin

With dry-point glosses.

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Illuminated capitals.

History

Origin: 12th century (?) ; Irish, possibly Glendalough

See Brian Ó Cuív, Catalogue of Irish Language Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford and Oxford College Libraries. Part 1: Descriptions (Dublin 2001), 308–309, 311.

MS. Auct. F. 3. 15 – Part 2

Contents

(fol. 21)
Treatise on computus
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Illuminated capitals.

History

Origin: 12th century (?) ; Irish

MS. Auct. F. 3. 15 – Part 3

Contents

(fol. 31v)
Johannes Scotus Erigena, De diuisione naturae,

extracts

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Illuminated capitals.

History

Origin: 12th century (?) ; Irish

MS. Auct. F. 3. 15 – Part 4

Contents

(fols. 54–65, lower script)
Liturgical text (?)
Language(s): Latin
(fol. 68v)

Added note discussing ‘autentica persona’ in three different languages

Language(s): Latin, Middle Irish, Old French, Old Provençal
Pádraig P. Ónéill, ‘An Irishman at Chartres in the Twelfth Century: The Evidence of Oxford, Bodleian Library, Ms Auct. F. III. 15’, Ériu 48 (1997): 1–35.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 8th century ; Irish

Additional Information

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1937). Description of part 4 based on C.L.A.

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (2 images from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

Last Substantive Revision

2017-07-01: First online publication.

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