Merton College MS. 105
Former shelfmark: G. 1. 2
PETER OF TARENTAISE ON I, IV SENT.; S. XIII ex.
Physical Description
Collation
Binding
Standard Merton s. xvii; sewn on five bands; formerly chained from the usual position. fols. i-ii and 303–4 are paper binding leaves, the outermost from the same book as in MS 78. At the foot of fol. 302 are the marks of the large brass chain-staple. On fol. 163 (the first leaf of II) are the marks of two foredge straps and one each at head and tail.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Both parts are French.
At the head of fol. 302v is pencilled ‘Ist⟨e liber e⟩st fratris Berardi Podiensis’, in an early hand. Given to the College by William Reed in 1374 (UO49. 76). For Reed, fellow from 1344 until at least 1357, d. 1385, see MS 8.
Inside the front board is a sheet of paper with ‘D. 8, 5’ (canc.) and a table of contents, s. xvii; the College bookplate.
On the board itself is ‘N. 8. 10. Art:’, s. xvii, canc., and ‘G. 1. 2 (CV)’ written in red on the sheet of paper.
Merton College MS. 105 – Part I (fols. 1–159v)
Contents
Language(s): Latin
Pr. Toulouse 1649–1652; Glorieux, Théol. 17a; Stegmüller, Sent.. 690.
On fols. 160–2 is a table of the quaestiones in 3 cols, in a neat cursive hand; 162v blank.
Physical Description
Layout
Ruled with pencil in 2 cols of 55 lines
Hand(s)
In proficient French gothic rotunda bookhands of university type. The text is corrected in the margins, and annotated in early hands, all French.
Decoration
On fol. 1 a red and blue flourished initial with 1-sided border; red or blue initials flourished in the othercolour; red or blue paraphs and running heads of capitals in the colours; red highlighting.
History
Merton College MS. 105 – Part II (fols. 163–300)
Contents
Language(s): Latin
On fol. 163 is a quaestio in a small, neat hand c. 1300, and pen-trials. On fols. 163v-4 is a list of the quaestiones added in a French cursive hand of s. xiv. Fols. 164v and 165v are blank. On fol. 165 is a theological note in a debased bookhand using anglicana forms, s. xiv in
Pr. Toulouse 1649–1652; Glorieux, Théol. 17a; Stegmüller, Sent. 690
On fol. 300v are two quaestiones in a neat small bookhand, probably French, using very pale ink. The first is ‘utrum Deus sit inceptor malorum’, the second mutilated by a rent in the parchment. Fols. 301–2 blank.
Physical Description
Layout
Ruled with crayon in 2 cols of 43 lines.
Hand(s)
In a low-grade French bookhand. The text is corrected in the margins, and annotated in early hands, all French.
Decoration
None; unfilled spaces for coloured initials and rubrics.
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 .
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Last Substantive Revision
2019-05-22: First online publication