Merton College MS. 35
Former shelfmark: A. 3. 9
Augustine &c., ASTRONOMICA; S. XIV in.
Contents
fol. i was once pasted down, but was written on at an earlier date. fol. iiv blank.
Physical Description
Collation
Binding
s. xv, heavily restored: cushion-bevelled oak boards with slightly projecting foredges, now bare; two straps from shallow recesses in the front board to catches on the back, all gone. Rebacked with modern vellum; sewn on six bands. On the rear board, near the foot, is the mark of the large ?brass chain-staple. Possible marks on fol. 247v of the large iron chain-staple. A brass chain-staple was once at the foredge of the front board, near the foot.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
On fol. i are a number of partly-obliterated notes: at the head ‘Liber M. Willelmi Reed …x E …’; the remains of an early table of contents; a single-line note of s. xiv ‘… Ioh. Malteby … nuper defunct … requiescat in pace’. At the head of fol. 1 is ‘Liber’, s. xiv, followed by a thorough erasure. On fol. iv: all in the hand of Walter Robert, ‘Liber M. Willelmi Reed socii domus scolarium de Merton’ in Oxon’ quem emit ibidem a quodam stacionario de bonis sibi datis per reuerendum dominum suum M. Nicholaum de Sandwico. Oretis igitur pro singulis supradictis.’; ‘Liber domus scolarium de Merton’ in Oxon’ in communi libraria eiusdem et ad usum communem magistrorum et sociorum ibidem studencium cathenandus. Ex dono uenerabilis patris domini Willelmi tercii episcopi Cicestrie. Oretis igitur pro eodem et benefactoribus eiusdem ac fidelium animabus a purgatorio liberandis. Walterus Roberti.’; ‘xxvii uolumen.’ For Reed, fellow from 1344 until at least 1357, d. 1385, see MS 8. This was apparently one of the books willed by him to the College. Between the first and second inscriptions, probably in Reed’s hand, is a lengthy table of contents, including the first art. of II.
On fol. 247 ‘Istum librum fecit reparari M. Ioh. Burbage sacre pagine professor’. For Burbage, see MS 3.
On fol. ii: ‘N. 3. 9. Art:’, s. xvii, canc. and replaced with ‘A. 3. 9 (XXXV)’, in red; ‘M. A. 4’, canc. and replaced with ‘M. 7’, s. ?xvii. ‘9’ is inked near the foot of the foredge, upside down.
Merton College MS. 35 – Part I
Contents
Language(s): Latin
bks 1–4
CPL 381; ed. J. E. Chisholm (2 vols, Paradosis 20–1: Fribourg, 1967, 1980), II, pp. 101–72.
CPL 410; CCSL 60 (1976), pp. 259–301.
CPL 292; CCSL 46 (1969), pp. 1–19.
CCSL 41 (1961), pp. 100–51.
CPL 265; PL 34. 173–220.
Preceded by the relevant extract from Retract
CPL 323; CSEL 25, 2 (1892), pp. 853–89.
CPL 808; PL 42. 1157–72.
CPL 701; PL 42. 677–84.
CPL 702; PL 42. 683–708.
CPL 326; CCSL 49 (1985), pp. 35–131, 179–80.
CPL 354; PL 44. 959–92.
CPL 355; PL 45. 993–1034.
CPL 345; CSEL 60 (1913), pp. 301–81 line 10.
Preceded by Epist. 221
CPL 314; CSEL 46 (1969), pp. 286–345.
SAO 3. 84–91.
PL 175. 923–1154; Goy, p. 190. Passages of text and commentary alternate, the text in larger script on alternate lines.
pr. Bologna 1481 &c.; Glorieux, Théol. 400i. The theorems are written in larger script on alternate lines.
Physical Description
Layout
Written space 225 × 135–45 mm. , ruled with pencil in 2 cols of 50 lines (58 fols. 133–56 = quires 12–13). Double lines were ruled right across the page for running heads, supplied spasmodically in later hands.
Hand(s)
Practised English rotunda bookhands.
Decoration
Large red and blue flourished initials; blue initials flourished in red.
History
Merton College MS. 35 – Part II
Contents
Language(s): Latin
ed. F. Saaby Pedersen, Petri Philomenae de Dacia et Petri de S. Audemaro Opera Quadrivialia 1 (Corpus Philosophorum Danicorum Medii Aevi 10. 1–2: Copenhagen, 1983–4), pp. 174–201; eTK 0991A, ; Sharpe, Handlist , p. 306.
unpr.; eTK 1062E, listing another three English copies; additional copies are in Bodl. Libr., Digby 2 and 98. Accompanied by tables.
Accompanied by large tables in red and black.
Accompanied by large tables in red and black.
ed. J. Thorndike (Chicago ILL, 1949); eTK 1577L. With circular diagrams.
ed. J. Millás Vallicrosa, Las traducciones orientales en los manuscritos de la Biblioteca Catedral de Toledo (Madrid, 1942), pp. 316–21; eTK 0156D, 0156I; Carmody 170. With circular diagrams. fol. 247v blank.
Physical Description
Layout
Written space 250 × 160–80 mm. , ruled with crayon in 2 cols of 47 lines.
Hand(s)
Rotunda bookhands of Italian or southern French appearance.
Decoration
Plain red initials and rubrics, often omitted.
History
Additional Information
Record Sources
Availability
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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