Merton College D. 3. 7 (5)
Contents
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Parchment
Extent: Most of a bifolium (the outer margin of the second leaf cropped).
Dimensions (leaf): 335 × 230 mm.
Dimensions (written): 235 × 105 mm.
Layout
The text in 2 cols of 48 lines. The gloss, in smaller script, interlinear and surrounding the text, is ruled for and written ad hoc.
Hand(s)
Expert protogothic bookhands, probably one each for text and gloss.
Decoration
Red initials and one blue.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Formerly the wrapper of ‘MCR E. 2. 8’ (Liber Aerarii, 1542–69).
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 .
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2019-11-25: First online publication