Merton College MS. 82
Former shelfmark: B. 1. 8
GREGORY, PETER OF LIMOGES, GROSSETESTE; S. XIV ex.-XV
Contents
Language(s): Latin
fols. i, iirv blank.
Physical Description
Collation
Binding
Standard Merton s. xvii, sewn on six bands; formerly chained from the usual position. fols. i and 158 were pastedowns in an earlier binding. At the foot of fol. 158 is the mark of a brass chain-staple.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
At least partly made in Oxford.
On fol. 158 are two partly-erased cautio notes, naming M. Thomas Lovkock and the Turvylle chest, the first dated to the Feast of St Mark 1428, the second to the Feast of St Kenelm 1429, also naming M. Walter Colchestre, and giving the secundo folio as at present. Beneath are ‘Memorandum quod M. [Ricardus Pedyngtone]’, smudged and partially erased, ‘Ricardus Flemmyng’, erased, and ‘Memorandum quod ista pecia [signata cum s et h. in dorso above the line] una cum uno libro iacent M. Ric’ [Pedyngtone] nomine M. R[erased] xxiii s. v d. / usque ad finem Trinitatis inclusiue.’ Lovecock (BRUO 1165–6) was fellow of Balliol in 1417, still c. 1422. Pedyngton (BRUO 1451) was fellow of Merton in 1405 and 1411. Colchestre is otherwise unknown. Richard Flemyng (BRUO 697–9) was at the University 1405–6, DTh in 1414, bishop of Lincoln 1419–1431.
On fol. ivis ‘Precium xx. s. iii s. iiij. d. xx. d.’, s. xv, and a table of contents (arts. 1–2, 4, 3) in the same or a similar hand. A later hand has bracketed the titles, corrected their order, and written ‘li 12us’ below, suggesting that the book was in a Merton electio . Inside the front board is ‘N. 7. 2. Art:’, s. xvii, canc. in red, and a sheet of paper with the contents, s. xvii, ‘B. 1. 8 (LXXXII)’ in red, and the College bookplate. The James no.‘160’ is at the head of fol. 1, s. xvii in. ‘2’ is inked on the foredge.
Merton College MS. 82 – Part I (fols. 1–63)
Contents
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Layout
Written space 240 × 150 mm. , ruled with brown ink in 2 cols of 37 lines.
Hand(s)
A large, formal gothic textura.
Decoration
Spasmodic, with many unfilled spaces for coloured initials and rubrics, the latter sometimes supplied in a later hand. Plain blue initials, doubtless meant for flourishing in red, which was only added on fol. 1; alternating red and blue initials in the capitula to bk. 1; rubrication, yellow highlighting.
Merton College MS. 82 – Part II (fols. 64–109)
Contents
Language(s): Latin
pr. Venice 1496 &c.; Glorieux, Théol.Théol. 178a; Thomson, Grosseteste, p. 257; Bloomfield 5532.
Composed and delivered at the papal curia in Lyons in 1250 &c
Thomson, Grosseteste, pp. 141–7; ed. S. Gieben, ‘Robert Grosseteste at the papal curia, Lyons 1250: edition of the documents’, Collectanea Franciscana 41 (1971), 340–93, at 350–93, this copy at p. 346; J. Goering, ‘Robert Grosseteste at the papal curia’, in J. Brown and W. P. Stoneman (eds.), A Distinct Voice: Medieval Studies in Honor of Leonard E. Boyle (Notre Dame IND, 1997), pp. 253–76.
Physical Description
Layout
Written space 240 × 150 mm. , ruled with brown ink in 2 cols of 37 lines (ff. 104–6 47 lines).
Hand(s)
Two anglicana formata hands, the first to fol. 90vb line 28, the second, less proficient, of Lovekoc. Doubtless this was Thomas Lovecock (BRUO 1165–6), fellow of Balliol in 1417, still in c. 1422, still alive in 1431 (see below).
Decoration
Blue initials flourished in red; red or yellow highlighting early on.
Merton College MS. 82 – Part III (fols. 110–158)
Contents
Language(s): Latin
ed. R. H. C. Dales and E. B. King (Auctores Britannici Medii Aevi 7: 1987); Thomson, Grosseteste, p. 122. At the head of fol. 110 is a title, s. xvii.
Physical Description
Layout
Written space 230 × 160 mm. , frame-ruled with crayon in 2 cols; written in c. 48 lines.
Hand(s)
A proficient anglicana.
Decoration
Hardly any decoration; a blue initial with unfinished red flourishing on fol. 110; otherwise only yellow highlighting.
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