Merton College E. 3. 31
Contents
Language(s): Latin
Psalter (Pss 26: 6 – 68: 5, with gaps)
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Parchment
Extent: 31 leaves kept in a guard-book. Orig. dimensions at least 345 × 210
Dimensions (written): 230 × 125 mm.
Collation
fols. 14–23 and 24–31 are quires of 8.
Layout
Ruled with pencil in 21 long lines.
Hand(s)
Written in an outsize liturgical gothic textura.
Decoration
Major initials excised; blue or red initials flourished in the other colour; red and blue patterned line-fillers.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Taken from ‘76. b. 12’, ‘76. e. 1–6’ (Seder Zeraim, 7 vols, Basel n. d., prob. bound in 1590–1)
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. 1104 and p. 211; MMBL 3. 667.
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
2019-11-08: First online publication