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

Merton College E. 3. 9 (8)

Contents

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Parchment
Extent: The lower half of a bifolium. Each leaf 200 mm. wide, the written space 105 mm.
Dimensions (leaf): 200
Dimensions (written): 205
Prepared for glossing.

Layout

2 cols.

Hand(s)

Written in a neat gothic rotunda bookhand.

Decoration

Red or blue initials flourished in the other colour; plain red or blue 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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