Merton College MS. 186

Former shelfmark: H. 1. 2

IACOPO DA VARAZZE, ROBERT HOLCOT; S. XV

Language(s): Latin

fol. i^rv, ii^v-iii blank. On fol. iii^v is a table of contents contemporary with the main text.

1. (fols. 1–111)

IACOBUS DE VORAGINE OP, Tabula super Historias Bibliae

Rubric: Incipit tabula fratris Iacobi Ianuensis sacre theologie doctoris ordinis fratrum predicatorum super historias biblie

Incipit: Abstinencia caro domatur

Explicit: (Zelus) et eciam uerbum passio per totum ....

Final rubric: Explicit tabula Ianuensis fratris ordinis predicatorum et doctoris sacre theologie super sacram scripturam secundum ordinem alphabeti cuius anime propicietur Deus omnipotens.

Unpr.; Stegmüller, Bibl. 3998, 1; Bloomfield 0122.

(fol. 111v)

Alphabetical subject index

2. (fols. 112–225v)

ROBERT HOLCOT OP, Commentarius super Librum Sapientiae, abbrev.

Incipit: Abrahe triplex est beneficium uidelicet prelacio, conuersacio, propagacio

Explicit: (Xtus) est aliis uita illius. Require supra inuidia.

Final rubric: Explicit Holcot abbreuiatus super Sapientiam.

The full text pr. Cologne [not after 1476] &c.; Stegmüller, Bibl. 7416, 9; Kaeppeli 3497. This abbreviation is also in BL Roy. 2 F. vii, fols. 79–165.

(fols. 225v-6)

Alphabetical subject index

226v-9v blank.

Physical Description

Secundo Folio: uideat in

Form: codex

Support: Parchment

Extent: 233 leaves (iii + 229)

Dimensions (leaf): 240 × 170 mm.

Dimensions (written): 180 × 120 mm.

The edges retrimmed and spattered with red.

Collation

A⁴(4 canc.), 1–28⁸, 29⁴(lacks 3–4), B⁴(1 canc.); quire-signatures of the usual late medieval form; framed catchwords.

Layout

Frame-ruled with crayon in 2 cols, written in c. 38 lines.

Hand(s)

One small, proficient anglicana hand.

Decoration

On fol. 1 two blue initials flourished in red; otherwise plain red or blue initials.

Binding

Standard Merton s. xvii; sewn on five bands; formerly chained from the usual position. Near the foredge of fol. ii, near the foot, is the mark of a chain-staple; this does not occur on fol. i because a portion of the leaf has been torn away at this point. Near the foot of fol. 229 are the marks of the large iron chain-staple. The first and last leaves were pastedowns in an earlier binding.

History

Origin: S. XV ; script of English appearance.

Provenance and Acquisition

At the head of fol. ii is ‘Liber domus scolarium de Merton ex dono Magistri Henrici Seuer sacre pagine professoris ac custodis eiusdem incathenatus ad communem usum sociorum in libraria studere uolentium anno Domini M CCCC lxvi.’

At the head of fol. 1 is the James no. ‘166’, s. xvii. Inside the front board is a sheet of paper with a table of contents and ‘F. 2, 4’ (canc.), s. xvii, and ‘O. 8. 1. Art:’, canc. and replaced with ‘H. 1. 2. (CLXXXVI)’, in red; the College bookplate.

Record Sources

R. M. Thomson, A descriptive catalogue of the medieval manuscripts of Merton College, Oxford (Cambridge: D. S. Brewer), 2009.

Availability

For enquiries relating to this manuscript please contact Merton College Library.

Bibliography

Coxe, p. 74; Powicke, no. 948.

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

2019-07-25: First online publication

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