Merton College MS. 312
Former shelfmark: H. 3. 12
MARCO POLO, HETHOUM, PALLADIUS; S. XIV in., XII 4/4
Contents
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Collation
Binding
Standard Merton s. xvii, sewn on four bands; formerly chained from the usual position. Fols. i-ii and 132–3 are paper binding leaves, the outermost from the same printed book as in MS 68. At the foot of f. 130 (but not f. 131) is the mark of the large iron chain-staple. This leaf was formerly a pastedown, so the bifolium fols. 130–1 is probably bound inside-out.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
At the head of f. 1, cropped, ‘⟨Liber domus scolarium de Merton’ in⟩ Oxonia per ⟨dominum⟩ ⟨Ricar⟩dum Wykyng nuper uicarium ecclesie de Westwelle in Cancia iuxta Cantuariam (in a later hand qui fuit clericus M. Thome Bradwardyn Cantuariensis archiepiscopi)’. He also gave MS 244.
Both parts are in the 1556 List (UO65. 191, 205) and in James (nos 58, 198) as separate entities (‘58’ is at the head of f. 1).
Inside the front board is a sheet of paper, with ‘K. 4, 11’ (canc.) and a table of contents, s. xvii, and ‘Q. 3. 14. Art:’, canc. and replaced with ‘H. 3. 12 (CCCXII)’ in red. ‘14’ is inked on the foredge.
Merton College MS. 312 – Part I (fols. 1–104v)
Contents
Language(s): Latin
Pr. Gouda 1483/85, Basel 1532; Kaeppeli 1114.
Ed. C. Kohler et al., Receuil des historiens des croisades: Documents arméniens II (Paris, 1906), pp. 261–363; this copy mentioned p. cxv, but not collated.
Physical Description
Layout
Ruled with pencil in 2 cols of 37 lines.
Hand(s)
A single cursiva formata, French or Italian.
Decoration
Unfilled spaces for coloured initials and rubrics.
History
Merton College MS. 312 – Part II (fols. 105–131v)
Contents
Language(s): Latin
Ed. R. H. Rodgers (Leipzig, 1975).
On f. 130 is a note, in a rough hand s. xii ex., on the succession of the English kings, William I to Henry II (‘qui leo iusticie ... apellatus est’) and his four sons. Fols. 130v-1v blank.
Physical Description
Layout
Ruled with pencil in 40 long lines.
Hand(s)
A single English early gothic bookhand.
Decoration
Red or green initials, plain or flourished in the other colour.
History
Additional Information
Record Sources
Availability
For enquiries relating to this manuscript please contact Merton College Library.
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
2019-11-05: First online publication