A catalogue of Western manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries and selected Oxford colleges

Merton College MS. 318

Former shelfmark: L. 3. 7

Now Oxford, Worcester College, MS. 233

Contents

Language(s): Latin

Described in MMBL 3. 723–3.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support:

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Presented to Gloucester College by John Whethamstede, abbot of St Albans 1420–40, 1452–64.

In 1524 it was in the hands of Robert Serlys, a former fellow of Merton, who may have bequeathed it to Merton College.

Merton College presented it to Worcester College in 1938.

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 Worcester College Library.

Bibliography

    Powicke, no. 1201.

Funding of Cataloguing

Conversion of the printed catalogue to TEI funded by the Warden and Fellows of Merton College .

Last Substantive Revision

2019-11-18: First online publication

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