Allestree J.5.2

Printed, with pastedowns cut from two leaves of a 14th-century Sarum gradual.

Upright format, 207 x 147 mm. Contemporary binding (bound in Oxford probably in the 1550s) of brown leather over boards, blind-tooled with rolls; see Neil R. Ker, Fragments of Medieval Manuscripts used as Pastedowns in Oxford Bindings, with a Survey of Oxford Binding c. 1515-1620, Oxford Bibliographical Society, Third Series, IV (Oxford, 2004), p. 35, no. 362. The pastedowns (now lifted) on the inside upper and lower covers have been cut from two leaves of a 14th-century Sarum gradual, and include chants for the season of Lent.

Provenance: the front and rear pastedowns are annotated with the name of 'Wyllyam Dubber' in a 16th-century hand; this owner was probably also responsible for adding the words (only) of the sacred song 'O Lord, in thee is all my trust' on f. xlix. Then from the library of Richard Allestree (1621/2-81), canon of Christ Church and regius professor of divinity. (For information about Allestree, see The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. For a brief description of Allestree's library, which was donated to Christ Church on his death for use by his successors as regius professor of divinity, see W.G. Hiscock, A Christ Church Miscellany (Oxford, 1946), pp. 14-15.)

Not included in the standard microfilm series.

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