Merton College MS. 73
Former shelfmark: I. 2. 7
THOMAS AQUINAS; S. XIII-XIV
Contents
Language(s): Latin
STO 6–8; Glorieux, Théol. 14ax.
, ending ‘Expliciunt capitula prime partis secunde fratris Tho. de Aquino ordinis fratrum predicatorum.’
Physical Description
Collation
Layout
Ruled with crayon in 2 cols of 53 lines. Running heads between lines ruled right across the page.
Hand(s)
A single English gothic rotunda bookhand influenced by anglicana.
Decoration
Red and blue flourished initials; blue initials flourished in red, with short extensions in both colours (cf. MS 107); red or blue paraphs; quaestio -numbers in the margins and as running heads in red and blue capitals.
Binding
Standard Merton s. xvii, sewn on nine bands; formerly chained from the usual position. fols. i-ii, 169–70 are paper binding leaves, the outermost from the same book as in MS 68.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Professionally made in Oxford. Perhaps UO47. 117, given by Thomas Staundon, ‘in libraria’, but in fact there is no evidence for the presence of the book at the College before 1600.
Inside the front cover is a title and ‘N. 6. 7. Art:’, s. xvii (both repeated on fol. iiv), the second canc. and replaced with ‘I. 2. 7 (LXXIII)’, in red; the College bookplate. At the head of fol. 1 is the James no. ‘4’, s. xvii in. ‘7’ 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
2018-09-01: First online publication