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

Merton College D. 3. 5 (2)

Contents

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Parchment
Extent: A bifolium
Dimensions (leaf): 320 × 210 mm.
Dimensions (written): 235 × 140 mm.

Layout

Ruled with crayon in 2 cols of 46 lines.

Hand(s)

Written in a gothic rotunda bookhand of university type.

Decoration

Red or blue paraphs.

History

Origin: s. xiv in. ; English, Oxford (?)

Provenance and Acquisition

Probably made at Oxford.

Formerly a wrapper for ‘MCR 1596d’. Another leaf is the wrapper of Christ Church ‘xii. b. 39’ (disbursement book for 1595–6).

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.

Bibliography

    Ker, Pastedowns, pp. 181, 184.

Funding of Cataloguing

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

Last Substantive Revision

2019-11-08: First online publication

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