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

Merton College E. 3. 9 (7)

Contents

Language(s): Latin

Digestum Vetus,

glossed

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Parchment
Extent: part of one leaf

Layout

2 cols

Hand(s)

The text in a neat gothic rotunda bookhand, the gloss in cursive, perhaps added later as it is undecorated.

Decoration

In the text blue initials flourished in red; plain red initials; red or blue paraphs.

History

Origin: s. xiii ; Italian

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

2019-12-02: First online publication

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