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

Merton College E. 3. 25

Contents

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Parchment
Extent: Twelve leaves. More than 410 × 300 mm.
Dimensions (written): 285 × 205 mm.

Layout

Ruled with fine pencil in 2 cols of 62 lines.

Hand(s)

Written in an elegant archaizing bookhand, prob. by a Continental scribe.

Decoration

The first lemma in each chapter is written in 3-line textura. Blue initials flourished in red; red paraphs and underlining.

History

Origin: s. xv

Provenance and Acquisition

Taken from printed books.

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

2019-12-05: First online publication

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