Merton College MS. 5
Former shelfmark: A. 2. 5
ORIGEN, HOMILIES ON O.T. BOOKS, VOL. I; S. XII ex.
Contents
Language(s): Latin
On the front pastedown is a table of contents in the same hand as that in MS 4.
transl. Rufinus
CPG 1411; ed. W. A. Baehrens, GCS 29 (1920), pp. 1–144.
transl. Rufinus
CPG 1414; ed. W. A. Baehrens, GCS 29 (1920), pp. 145–279.
transl. Rufinus
CPG 1416; ed. W. A. Baehrens, GCS 29 (1920), pp. 280–507 line 8.
Physical Description
Collation
Layout
Ruled with plummet in 2 cols of 40 lines.
Hand(s)
One expert English protogothic bookhand, the same as MS 4.
Decoration
As for MS 4, plain initials except for f. 85, a 12-line blue P on a pink ground edged with green, enclosing green, blue, white and gold foliage on orange.
Binding
Late medieval, as for MS 4, including the marks of chain-staples. A rust-hole in the upper margin of f. 114 does not correspond to anything on the rear board.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
As for MS 4. On the front pastedown, ‘Liber domus scolarium de Merton’ in Oxon’ ex dono Magistri Walteri Rammesbury inceptoris theologie, precentoris in ecclesia Herefordensi ac quondam prefate domus consocii, cuius anime propicietur Deus [et ... in purgatorio erased] existencium. Oretis igitur pro &c.’, in the same hand as the corresponding inscription in MS 4; ‘N. 1. 5. Art:’, s. xvii, canc. and replaced with ‘A. 2. 5’ in purple and ‘(V)’ in red; the College bookplate.
At the head of f. 1 is the James no. ‘26’ (recte 252), s. xvii in. ‘5’ is inked on the foredge.
Record Sources
Availability
For enquiries relating to this manuscript please contact Merton College Library.
Bibliography
Funding of Cataloguing
Conversion of the printed catalogue to TEI funded by the Warden and Fellows of Merton College .
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2018-08-01: First online publication