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

Merton College D. 3. 13 (1-2)

Contents

Language(s): Latin

Iohannes Balbus, Catholicon

Parts of T and U.

The versos much scribbled on.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Parchment
Extent: Two leaves
Dimensions (leaf): 470 × 330 mm.
Dimensions (written): 290 × 210 mm.

Layout

2 cols of 66 lines.

Hand(s)

Written in an expert archaizing bookhand; blue initials flourished in red.

Decoration

Red and blue line fillers.

History

Origin: s. xv ; English

Provenance and Acquisition

(1) formerly a wrapper for ‘MCR 1565d’.

(2) formerly a wrapper for ‘MCR 1572b’.

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

2019-11-27: First online publication

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