Merton College MS. 62
Former shelfmark: G. 3. 2
DUNS SCOTUS ON III SENT; 1453
Contents
Language(s): Latin
fols. i, ii blank. The lower three quarters of fol. ii has been excised.
DSO (Balič) 9–10; Glorieux, Théol. 344r; Stegmüller, Sent. 421. On fol. 122rv is an index in the elegant humanistica which indexed MSS 59–61.
DSO (Balič) 20–1; Glorieux, Théol. 344m; Stegmüller, Sent. 429.
DSO (Wadding) 11. 419–554; Glorieux, Théol. 344n; Stegmüller, Sent. 422. On fol. 259 is an index of distinctiones and quaestiones in the same elegant humanistica as earlier; 259v blank.
Physical Description
Collation
Layout
Ruled with pencil in 52 long lines.
Hand(s)
As for MS 59. In art. 1 the scribe writes passages of gloss in the margin in a tiny hand.
Decoration
As for MS 59. Initials with full borders on fols. 1 (the initial excised) and 123 . On fol. 25v the marginal spray of the initial has been excised.
Binding
s. xv, heavily restored by Maltby; flush, wide-bevelled oak boards now bare, rebacked with modern vellum, sewn on seven bands. Formerly two broad straps from shallow recesses at the front to catches at the back. Formerly chained from the front board, at the foredge near the foot, and from the back board, at the foredge near the head. fols. i and 259, once pastedowns, show traces of pink on the turn-ins.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
MSS 59–64 are a set, made for Richard Scarborough (see MS 17), and bought from him by Thomas Bloxham (see MS 41), who bequeathed it to the College on his death in 1473.
On fol. iiv, in the same humanistica as the indexes, ‘Orate pro anima magistri Ricardi Scardeburgh sacre theologie professoris qui istos libros fieri fecit quos postea magister Thomas Bloxham in medicinis doctor ab eodem emit et huic collegio dedit; orate igitur pro utroque’, followed by a table of contents in the same hand.
On fol. ivare ‘N. 5. 7. Art:’, s. xvii, canc. and replaced with ‘G. 3. 2 (No. LXII)’, in red; the College bookplate. ‘5’ altered to ‘4’, or vice versa, 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