Merton College MS. 234
Former shelfmark: O. 1. 1
SUBJECT INDEXES TO WORKS OF THEOLOGY AND CANON LAW; S. XIV in.
Contents
Language(s): Latin
Fols. iv, vrv blank.
Physical Description
Collation
Binding
Standard Merton s. xvii, sewn on six bands; formerly chained from the usual position. Fols. i and 217 are modern paper blanks. Fols. ii-iii are paper binding leaves, s. xvii. On f. iv are the marks of two foredge straps or clasps, and of the large iron chain-staple. This mark suggests that the bifolium Fols. iv-v was once at the end of the book.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
At the head of f. 77, cropped by the binder, ‘Ista tabula est concessa usibus fratri Ric’ / de Insula de ordine fratrum minorum’, s. xiv in., in the sort of hand used by the English friars, partly over an earlier erased inscription, which seems to have included the same name. Presumably it refers to the man of that name (BRUO 1003) who was born 1270, studied at Oxford and Orleans, and joined the Franciscans.
On f. ivv ‘Liber M. Willelmi Reed episcopi Cicestrie cuius partem primam habuit ex dono reuerendi domini sui M. Nicholai de Sandwyco, secundam uero emit ab executoribus uenerabilis patris domini Iohannis de Schepeya episcopi Roffensis, sed tertiam emit ab executoribus uenerabilis patris domini Simonis de Islip archiepiscopi Cantuariensis. Oretis igitur pro singulis supradictis.’ Followed by a table of contents in the same hand, and a lengthy erased inscription of four lines, beg. ‘Liber’. ‘Liber domus scolarium de Merton’ in Oxon’ in communi libraria eiusdem, et ad usum communem sociorum ibidem studencium cathenandus. Ex dono uenerabilis patris domini Willelmi tercii episcopi Cicestrie. Oretis igitur pro eodem et animabus omnium fidelium defunctorum. ix. uolumen.’ At the head, cropped by the binder, ‘pertinet librarie’, s. xiv. For William Reed, fellow from 1344 until at least 1357, d. 1385, see MS 8. For Nicholas Sandwich, see MS 8. John Sheppey, bishop of Rochester, d. 1360. Simon Islip, archbishop of Canterbury d. 1366. Part of Reed’s bequest.
At the head of f. 1 is the James no. ‘283’ (recte 177), s. xvii. Inside the front board is a sheet of paper with table of contents and ‘F. 4, 2’ (canc.), s. xvii, and ‘P. 3. 1. Art:’, canc. and replaced with ‘O. 1. 1’ in red and ‘(CCXXXIV)’ in pencil; the College bookplate. ‘1’ is inked on the foredge.
Merton College MS. 234 – Part I (fols. 1–14v)
Contents
Language(s): Latin
Unpr.; Stegmüller, Bibl. 1171, Glorieux, Arts, 21ag. Proceeds through the Bible book by book.
Physical Description
Layout
Ruled with crayon in 6 cols of c. 55 lines.
Hand(s)
Written in an anglicana hand.
Decoration
Red highlighting and paraphs.
History
Merton College MS. 234 – Part II (fols. 15–76v)
Contents
Language(s): Latin
Unpr.; also in Eton Coll. 4, Graz, Universitätsbibl. 322; Hereford Cath. O. V. 2; BL Harl. 2270, Royal 8 E. vii; Lambeth 162; Bodl. Libr., Bodl. 863, Laud misc. 30; Merton College MS. 12, art. 5.
Stegmüller, Bibl. 1159.
An Anthology of Ps.-JOHN CHRYSOSTOM, Opus Imperfectum in Mattheum
Unpr.; Stegmüller, Bibl. 4350, 1, citing only Durham Cath., A. III. 11 (s. xiii), fols. 152–70. Van Banning, pp. ccxxvi, cclxii–cclxxii, however, lists another dozen copies.
Physical Description
Layout
Ruled with pencil in 2 cols of 51 lines.
Hand(s)
A single hand writing anglicana formata.
Decoration
Oxford decoration: art. 2 a red and blue flourished initial with 1-sided border; blue initials flourished in red, red initials flourished in violet; red highlighting and paraphs; art. 3 a red and blue flourished initial; blue initials flourished in red; red or blue paraphs; red highlighting and underlining.
History
Merton College MS. 234 – Part III (fols. 77–127v)
Contents
Language(s): Latin
RICHARD DE L’ISLE OFM, Index to GREGORY, Moralia in Iob
Written in 3 cols.
Unpr.; Stegmüller, Bibl. 7272,1; also in BL, Harl. 5426, Roy. 8 F. ii, Bologna, Bibl. de Coll. di Spagna 6, BnF lat. 2311, Paris, Bibl. Maz. 668, Bruges, Stadsbibl. 143 and 144, and Bruxelles, Bibl. royale 1315.
Physical Description
Layout
Ruled with pencil in 2 cols of 49 lines.
Hand(s)
A single English gothic rotunda bookhand.
Decoration
Keywords in red, red highlighting.
History
Merton College MS. 234 – Part IV (fols. 128–141v)
Contents
Language(s): Latin
Unpr.; Stegmüller, Bibl. 2634,2 (cf. 4872, 5590, 8913).
Alphabetical index of titles to the Decretals, Liber Sextus and Clementines
Physical Description
Layout
Ruled with crayon in 2 cols of 51 lines.
Hand(s)
A single anglicana hand.
Decoration
Red initials, red highlighting, paraphs and underlining.
History
Merton College MS. 234 – Part V (fols. 142–208v)
Contents
Language(s): Latin
The prologue is omitted. The work was copied by quires, with blank spaces at the end of each; f. 162v wholly blank.
Unpr., known from another three copies; Kaeppeli, no. 3899; Sharpe, Handlist, p. 685.
The table should have begun with Aaron, and the omission is made good on f. 142. The main index is in 3 cols: ‘Aaron. Moyses ex precepto Domini Aaron in summum pontificem ...’.
Physical Description
Layout
To f. 144v ruled with pencil in 6 cols of 76 lines (47 on f. 142).
From f. 146 frame-ruled with pencil for 3 cols of c. 63 lines.
Hand(s)
To f. 144 a small neat anglicana hand (f. 142 hand as IV).
A large and distinctive anglicana hand fols. 146–9v, and smaller one thereafter.
Decoration
To f. 144 red highlighting and paraphs (f. 142 decoration as IV). From f. 146 red touching, paraphs, framing and underlining.
History
Merton College MS. 234 – Part VI (fols. 209–16)
Contents
Language(s): Latin
Vocabulary of John of Salisbury, Policraticus, works of Gregory, John Chrysostom, Cyprian, Jerome.
A list of the authors and their works on f. 209.
Physical Description
Layout
Ruled with pencil in 4 cols of 42 lines
Hand(s)
Written in bastard anglicana.
Decoration
Yellow highlighting.
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
2019-08-30: First online publication