Merton College MS. 189
Former shelfmark: M. 1. 4
JOHN LATHBURY ON LAMENTATIONS; 1413?
Contents
Language(s): Latin
Written on one side only, as follows:
fols. i and iv, ii and iii (upside down), from the same roll, v (sideways), part of a single sheet.
fols. i, iiv-iii are blank, as originally were ivv and vv.
On fol. ivv, after it was mounted in this book, was written (probably by Hammond Haydok) a list in 3 cols of Lathbury’s sources (some 140 titles).
On fol. vv is a title, s. xvii.
(a) fols. i + iv contains the last few lines of one document, and the whole of another, cropped right and left, dated 1387, concerning a presentation to the living of Puddletown (Dors.), held by Cerne Abbey, witnessed by the notary John Wyse, clerk of Wells diocese.
(b) fols. ii + iiiv a single document, apparently that of which the end is preserved at the head of (a), concerning the presentation to an unnamed church held by Cerne Abbey, all edges cropped. (c) fol. v, much of the text of a single document, the head and right-hand edge cropped, concerning a collation to a prebend of Salisbury Cathedral, s. xiv ex. Witnessed by John Wratting, clerk of Norwich diocese, with his notarial mark. After the leaf was mounted in its present position someone wrote on it ‘Criklade super Plinium de naturis 194. ?Talmuth’. The reference is to Robert of Cricklade, Defloratio Historiae Naturalis Plinii (Sharpe, Handlist, p. 533).Physical Description
Collation
Layout
Ruled (I with pencil, II with ink) in 2 cols of 47 lines.
Binding
Standard Merton s. xvii; sewn on seven bands; formerly chained from the usual position. fol. i was a pastedown in an earlier binding which was sewn on eight bands.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
On fol. v is ‘Hamundus Haydok’, presumably autograph. At the head of fol. vvis ‘Liber domus scolarium de Mertone ex dono magistri Hamundi Haydok incathenatus in libraria anno Domini M. CCCC. lxviii.’ For Hammond Haydok, fellow c. 1421, still in 1432, d. 1465, see MS 16.
Seen by John Bale at Merton (Appendix C, no. 21). Inside the front board are two sheets of paper, one with a title, s. xvii, the other with a title and ‘O. 8. 4. Art:’, s. xvii, the latter canc. and replaced with ‘M. 1. 4 (CLXXXIX)’ in red.
Merton College MS. 189 – Part I (fols. 1–190v)
Contents
Language(s): Latin
On fol. 190v a slightly later hand (probably Haydok’s) has written ‘Quo tempore istius operis auctor erat uide fo. 172 co. 4’.
Pr. Oxford 1482; Stegmüller, Bibl. 4762; Sharpe, Handlist, p. 273.
As in London, Middle Temple Anc. 1 (MMBL 1. 154); fol. 191v blank.
Physical Description
Hand(s)
A single proficient anglicana hand, writing running heads and much marginal material.
Decoration
On fol. 1 a red and blue initial flourished in red and violet; otherwise plain blue initials and red paraphs, highlighting and underlining.
History
Merton College MS. 189 – Part II (fols. 192–207v)
Contents
Language(s): Latin
Followed by a table of ‘Textus expositi preter librum’
Physical Description
Hand(s)
A proficient secretary hand. Another annotating hand may be Haydok’s. On fol. 176 he writes ‘Hoc capitulum alii libri non habent’.
Decoration
Blue initials flourished in red.
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 .
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2019-07-25: First online publication