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

Merton College E. 3. 2(a)

Contents

Language(s): Latin

Bracton (running head L. IIII)

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Parchment
Extent: Two bifolia, the margins clipped
Dimensions (written): 255 × 150 mm.

Layout

2 cols of 60 lines.

Hand(s)

Written in gothic rotunda bookhand.

Decoration

Blue initials flourished in red; red or blue paraphs; red highlighting.

History

Origin: s. xiv in. ; 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.

Bibliography

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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