Merton College MS. 265
Former shelfmark: C. 2. 16
ROGER OF WALTHAM; S. XV1
Contents
Language(s): Latin
fols. ivv-v blank.
In a secretary hand, s. xv ex.
Unpr.; Sharpe, Handlist, p. 598; Bloomfield 1977, 5286, 5289, listing fifteen copies.
Physical Description
Collation
Layout
Frame-ruled with crayon, written in c. 36 long lines.
Hand(s)
A single scribe, writing neat anglicana-secretary.
Decoration
On f. 1 a handsome 14-line red and blue S, flourished in red and violet, with a full border in red and blue; blue initials flourished with red; red highlighting, underlining, running heads and marginal guides.
Binding
Standard Merton s. xvii, repaired, rebacked and resewn on four bands; formerly chained from the usual position. f. 111 is a paper binding leaf; fols. i-ii, 112–13 are modern paper blanks.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
At the head of f. iiiv, cropped, is ‘Bloxham’; similarly, at the head of f. iv ‘Liber M. Thome Bloxham.’ Lower down on f. iiiv, in the usual humanistica, is ‘Liber collegii ex dono magistri Thome Bloxham’. For Bloxham, fellow c. 1449–61, see MS 41.
On f. iii his ex dono is repeated, s. xvii.
In the lower margin of f. 60v is a crude design in pen and ink, in which is written ‘Thomas Gauge mayster’. For Thomas Gawge, fellow c. 1441–8, see MS 43.
At the head of f. 1 is the James no. ‘182’, cropped. Inside the front board is a sheet of paper with a title and ‘F. 6, 12’ (canc.), s. xvii, and ‘P. 4. 16. Art:’, canc. and replaced with ‘C. 2. 16 (CCLXV)’ in red; the College bookplate. ‘16’ is inked on the foredge.
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 .
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Last Substantive Revision
2019-10-01: First online publication