Merton College MS. 148
Former shelfmark: H. 1. 3
MAURICE OF IRELAND; S. XIII2
Contents
Language(s): Latin
Fols. iii-vi blank. On fol. viv is a title, s. xiv.
Part pr. in Dictionarium Sacrae Scripturae, Venice 1603; Stegmüller, Bibl. 5566; Bloomfield 0088; Sharpe, Handlist, p. 374.
Fols. 294–5v blank.
Fols. 296–300v contain waste text intended for the same copy, by one of the scribes of the main text; lacks decoration. On fols. 298–300v the text is upside down.
Physical Description
Collation
Layout
Ruled with pencil and crayon in 36 long lines.
Hand(s)
Several neat anglicana hands.
Decoration
On fol. 1 a red and blue initial flourished in red; otherwise rough red (and occasional blue) initials; red paraphs, highlighting and underlining.
Binding
Standard Merton s. xvii, rebacked; sewn on three bands; formerly chained from the usual position. Fols. i-ii, 301–2 are modern paper blanks. Fols. iii and 300 were formerly pastedowns. On the early leaves are the marks of an iron chain-staple, near the foot of the foredge.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Made in England; at Oxford in the fifteenth century; at the College by 1600. An inscription of two lines has been thoroughly erased from fol. viv. Below is a faint Oxford stationer’s mark, probably of John Godsond (1438–56), and the valuation of x s.
At the head of fol. 1 is the James no. ‘201’, s. xvii in.
Inside the front board is a paper leaf, s. xvii, with a title, ‘D. 8, 9’ (canc.), and ‘O. 4. 4. Art:’, canc. and replaced with ‘H. 1. 3 (CXLVIII)’ 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 .
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Last Substantive Revision
2019-06-20: First online publication