Merton College MS. 81
Former shelfmark: I. 2. 1
GREGORY, AUGUSTINE; S. XIV in.
Contents
Language(s): Latin
fol. i is blank. On the verso is a table of contents, s. xvi.
CPL 1710; CCSL 142 (1971).
Dom. 1–64, Apost. 1–2, 34, 3–24. On the common collection of 99 genuine and supposititious sermons given this title, see C. Lambot in Stegmüller, Bibl. 57 (1947), 109, and P. Verbraken in ibid. 77 (1967), 27–46, listing this copy on p. 43. It belongs to the B1 class, common in England, France and Italy. More English copies of this collection are listed in MMBL 2. 267 and n. 1.
fol. 142rv blank.
Physical Description
Collation
Layout
Ruled with pencil in 2 cols of 60 lines.
Hand(s)
A proficient formal gothic textura, probably French.
Decoration
None; unfilled spaces for coloured initials and rubrics. From quire 5 rubrication and red highlighting.
Binding
Modern; bare oak boards, backed with vellum; sewn on six bands. fol. i was formerly a pastedown; on it are marks of two straps at the foredge, and of a brass (post-medieval) chain-staple near the foot of the foredge. A spot of rust on fol. 142v may be from the large iron chain-staple.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
At the head of fol. 1 ‘Liber domus scolarium de Merton’ Oxon’ ex legatione M. Iohannis Stauele’, and (later) ‘2’. UO47. 217, ‘in libraria’, valued at 20s. Staveley (BRUO 1770) occ. as fellow in 1323 and 1335, d. soon after 1349.
On fol. ivis ‘N. 7. 1. Art:’, s. xvii, canc. and replaced with ‘I. 2. 1 (LXXXI)’ in red; the College bookplate.
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
2018-09-01: First online publication