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

Merton College E. 3. 9 (11-12)

Contents

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Parchment
Extent: Parts of two leaves. Written space 155 mm. wide
Dimensions (written): 155

Layout

2 cols of more than 62 lines.

Hand(s)

Written in a gothic rotunda bookhand heavily influenced by anglicana.

Decoration

A blue initial flourished in red; red or blue paraphs.

History

Origin: s. xiii/xiv ; English, prob. Oxford

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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