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

Merton College D. 3. 5 (25, 26)

Contents

Language(s): Latin

Theological work

Includes the story of Constantine and the labarum.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Parchment
Extent: Two flattened bifolia
Dimensions (leaf): 255 × 165 mm.
Dimensions (written): 175–85 × 120 mm.

Layout

Frame-ruled, written in 30 long lines.

Hand(s)

Written in bastard secretary.

Decoration

Blue initials flourished in red, red initials flourished in violet.

History

Origin: s. xv ; English

Provenance and Acquisition

Taken from a printed book. Leaf-numbers ii and iii.

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

2019-11-25: First online publication

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