Merton College MS. 180
Former shelfmark: H. 1. 11
BEDE ON MARK; S. XII, XIII, XIV1
Contents
Language(s): Latin
On fol. iii is a table of contents, s. xvii; fols. iiiv-ivv blank.
On fol. 189 is a table of contents to the whole book in the same hand (s. xiv) as in MSS 29, 85, 188, and 314, reversing arts 9 and 10.
Fols. 189v-90v blank.
Physical Description
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Binding
Standard Merton s. xvii, repaired, rebacked and resewn on three bands; formerly chained from the usual position. Fols. i-ii, 191–2 are modern paper blanks. fol. 190 was once a pastedown.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Near the head of fol. 2v a 3-line inscription in red, apparently beg. ‘Liber’, has been thoroughly erased.
At the foot of fol. 1 is ‘Liber domus scolarium de Merton’ in Oxon’ ex legato Magistro Ioh’ Raynham sacre pag[ine] professoris et quondam socii eiusdem domus.’ For Reynham, fellow 1335–58, d. 1376, see MS 18.
Inside the front board is another table of contents and ‘E. 5, 6’ (canc.), s. xvii, and ‘O. 7. 8. Art:’, canc. and replaced with ‘H. 1. 11 (CLXXX)’ in red; the College bookplate.
Merton College MS. 180 – Part I (fols. 1–98v)
Contents
Language(s): Latin
Followed, in another hand, by a series of extracts concerning Mark’s Gospel, ascr. Jerome and Bede; fol. 2v blank.
PL 103. 279–80; Stegmüller, Bibl. 607.
CPL 1355; CCSL 120 (1960), pp. 431–648; Stegmüller, Bibl. 1613.
Followed by:
6 lines. This is not Claudian.
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Layout
Ruled with crayon in 2 cols of 30 lines, not pricked in the inner margins.
Hand(s)
Written in an English protogothic bookhand.
Decoration
Initials in 1–3 colours of blue, red, green and buff, some arabesqued. On fol. 4v a 5-line I in gold.
History
Merton College MS. 180 – Part II (fols. 99–146v)
Contents
Language(s): Latin
Most of the extracts are from bk. 4. The complete work ed. I. Brady (3 vols, Grottaferrata, 1971–81).
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Ruled with crayon in 24 long lines
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Written in a large English gothic rotunda bookhand
Decoration
Red or blue initials flourished in the other colour, red highlighting.
History
Merton College MS. 180 – Part III (fols. 147–149v)
Contents
Language(s): Latin
This is evidently the end of a longer work. The table of contents on fol. 189 calls it ‘Sermo de Petro et Paulo.’ Written in a small note-hand, undecorated.
Schulte 1. 191–3.
Followed by verses on Joachim (20 lines), WIC 13239:
fols. 148 and 149v are filled with sermon drafts in a rough note-hand, s. xiii, all edges cropped. On fol. 148 the text is continuous. On 149v it is divided into sections, with headings ‘De diuersitate iusticie hic agitur’, ‘Thema de penitencia’, ‘Sermo in dedicatione ecclesie’, ‘De diuersitate misericordie’.
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Ruled with pencil in 2 cols of 54 lines.
History
Merton College MS. 180 – Part IV (fols. 150–165v)
Contents
Language(s): Latin
SAO 3. 42–5.
SAO 3. 50–4.
SAO 3. 61–7.
SAO 3. 30–3.
SAO 3. 33–41.
Nequam, Serms. (103–4), 2, 13, 11, as listed in Hunt, Nequam, pp. 23–4, 151–2.
Continuous text until fol. 164v, ending ‘Virga misericordie parcit.’ Then shorter paragraphs of a similar type.
Arts 5–6 are annotated in a cursive hand of Continental appearance; this hand adds sermons on fol. 165rv, between them shorter theological notes:
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Ruled with pencil in 2 cols of 42–9 lines.
Hand(s)
Written in a neat but informal English early gothic bookhand.
Arts 5–6 are annotated in a cursive hand of Continental appearance that adds sermons on fol. 165rv.
Decoration
Plain red and green initials.
History
Merton College MS. 180 – Part V (fols. 166–168v)
Contents
Language(s): Latin
PL 177. 338–40.
Schneyer 215.
Schneyer 213
Schneyer 197.
Bernard of Clairvaux, Schneyer 183, or Hugh of St Victor, Schneyer 325.
Schneyer 207
The remainder of fol. 168v is filled with text in a small note-hand, beg.
Physical Description
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Ruled with pencil in 2 cols of 48 lines
Hand(s)
Written in an English early gothic bookhand.
Decoration
Red or green initials.
History
Merton College MS. 180 – Part VI (fols. 169–179v)
Contents
Language(s): Latin
The Lives of Alexius, Margaret, Mary Magdalen, S. Peter ad Vincula, Exultation of the Cross, Matthew, Michael, Simon, Luke, Martin, Leonard.
Each Life begins on a new recto. On fol. 171v:
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Frame-ruled with pencil in 2 cols (long lines fols. 176v, 179); written in c. 56–67 lines
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Written in a small anglicana hand.
Decoration
Red initials, paraphs and highlighting.
History
Merton College MS. 180 – Part VII (fols. 180–182v)
Contents
Language(s): Anglo-Norman
Apparently an abbreviated version of Dean & Boulton 332, where three English copies are recorded, not this one.
Physical Description
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Ruled with crayon in 30 long lines
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Written in an anglicana hand of the sort usual for vernacular texts, using pale ink.
Decoration
Yellow highlighting.
History
Merton College MS. 180 – Part VIII (fols. 183–190v)
Contents
Language(s): Latin
Preached before Edward III in France, after news of the battle of Neville’s Cross, 17 Oct. 1346.
The only copy; ed H. Oberman and J. Weisheipl, AHDLMA 25 (1958), 295–329 (text 307–29); Sharpe, Handlist, p. 644.
To the whole book in the same hand (s. xiv) as in MSS 29, 85, 188, and 314, reversing arts 9 and 10.
Fols. 189v-90v blank.
Physical Description
Layout
Frame-ruled carelessly with crayon in 2 cols., written in c. 40 lines.
Hand(s)
Written in an anglicana hand using very pale ink.
Decoration
A red initial, red paraphs and highlighting.
History
Additional Information
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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
2019-07-15: First online publication