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

Merton College D. 3. 1 (1)

Contents

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Parchment
Extent: Top half of one leaf
Dimensions (leaf): 380
Dimensions (written): 230

Layout

Ruled with red ink in 2 cols. of more than 20 lines.

Hand(s)

Written in a large gothic textura.

Decoration

Gold initials, two flourished in violet, another on pink and blue ground; blue initials flourished in red.

History

Origin: s. xv ; English

Provenance and Acquisition

Taken from a pr. book with the 17th-cent. shelf-mark ‘C. 9.(?) 11 Art.’

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 Merton College Library.

Funding of Cataloguing

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

Last Substantive Revision

2019-11-19: First online publication

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