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

Merton College D. 3. 7 (2-3)

Contents

Language(s): Latin

Commentary on a canon law text (lemmata Oblate super obseruatione, Per tuam contumaciam)

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Parchment
Extent: A single leaf slightly cut down
Dimensions (leaf): 330 × 195 mm.
Dimensions (written): 260 × 160 mm.

Layout

The text in 2 cols of 58 lines, the gloss ruled for and written ad hoc.

Hand(s)

Written in a large gothic rotunda bookhand.

Decoration

Red or blue initials flourished in the other colour.

History

Origin: s. xiv ; English

Provenance and Acquisition

Taken from a printed book.

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

2019-11-26: First online publication

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