Merton College MS. 184
Former shelfmark: O. 3. 7
WILLIAM DE LUXEUIL ON THE PROPHETS; c. 1400
Contents
Language(s): Latin
fol. i blank.
Unpr.; Glorieux, Théol. 30b; Stegmüller, Bibl. 2906; Kaeppeli 1566.
Unpr.; Glorieux, Théol. 70c; Stegmüller, Bibl. 2907; Kaeppeli 1567.
Unpr.; Glorieux, Théol. 30d; Stegmüller, Bibl. 2908; Kaeppeli 1568.
Unpr.; Glorieux, Théol. 70e; Stegmüller, Bibl. 2909; Kaeppeli 1569. This appears to be the only copy.
Physical Description
Collation
Layout
Ruled with crayon in 2 cols of 54 lines.
Hand(s)
A single expert anglicana hand. Annotated throughout in a hand of s. xv ex.
Decoration
Red or blue initials; red paraphs and at first underlining of lemmata.
Binding
Medieval, apart from a modern overcover: tawed skin over thick, wide-bevelled boards with slightly projecting foredges; sewn on six bands, blue and plain head- and tail-bands. Two straps of pink skin, one still with a brass clasp, from the front board to catches in the rear. The front pastedown has the mark of a central strap from an earlier binding. Traces of a brass chain-mark near the foot of the foredge of the front board.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
One of a number of books lent by Warden Henry Abyndon (1421–37) to John Hanham ‘et sunt libri proprii non de domo’ (UO52. 113).
Near the foot of fol. i is an erased single-line inscription.
On fol. iv is ‘Li 9us’ (s. xv, showing that it was part of a College electio), and the contents. Near the foot of the rear board is the mark of the large chain-staple, probably originally iron, replaced in brass.
On the rear pastedowns are cancelled cautiones: ‘Caucio Magistri Walteri Hert exposita in cista antiqua anno Domini millesimo CCCC xlvi et mense Ianuar’ die uicesimo sexto et iacet pro xxxiis. iiij d.’, renewed five more times, the last time 19 Nov. 1455, valued at 25s. Recorded in Appendix B, no. 103 (1452). ‘Et per renouacionem caucionis Hert iacentis in antiqua cista uniuersitatis’. Hart (BRUO 881–2) was fellow c. 1439–55, d. by May 1484. He owned a copy in 2 vols of Simon Bredon’s Trifolium, given to the College after his death by his brother (Powicke, p. 218).
On fol. 269v is the monogram of the Oxford stationer John Godsond (1438–56) and his valuation ‘xxxii s. iiij d’. At the foot of the rear pastedown is ‘ualet v. m’.’ At the head of the front pastedown is ‘Hoc uolumen continet postillas super Ieremiam et duodecim minores prophetas et appreciatur in quinque marcis. Habet autem unum folium nudum in principio et tria in medio in tractatum qui incipit Ossa xii. prophetarum et unum in fine’, s. xv. The valuation is absurdly high.
The book was seen at Merton by John Bale (Appendix C, no. 12). At the head of fol. 1 is the James no. ‘139’, s. xvii in. On the front pastedown is a title, s. xvii, and ‘O. 7. 12. Art:’, canc. and replaced with ‘No. CLXXXIV.’ and ‘O. 3. 7’, in red ink.
Record Sources
Availability
For enquiries relating to this manuscript please contact Merton College Library.
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
2019-07-15: First online publication