Merton College E. 3. 13
Contents
Language(s): Latin
, Aurora
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Parchment
Extent: Parts of four leaves of an exceptionally narrow (‘holster’) book. More than 210 × c. 110 (180 × 55) mm.
Dimensions (written): 180 × 55 mm.
Layout
50 long lines.
Hand(s)
A small early gothic bookhand.
Decoration
No decoration.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Twelve more leaves and some fragms. in All Souls Coll., SR. 79. h. 3, 4 (Dionys. Carthus., Paris 1547–8, given by Sir John Mason); binding strips in SR. 29. c. 11 (1505); four leaves each in SR. 33. f. 2 (1518), SR. 31. f. 7 (1519), SR. 30. c. 10 (1522), SR. 28. f. 11 (1522), SR. 70. h. 1 (1541), and SR. 74. b. 12 (1550). These were all bound by the College s. xvi ex.
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
Ker, Pastedowns, no. 991 (and n. 3).
Funding of Cataloguing
Conversion of the printed catalogue to TEI funded by the Warden and Fellows of Merton College .
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2019-12-03: First online publication