Merton College E. 3. 35 (2)
Contents
Language(s): Latin
, Decretum (viii. 50 &c.)
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Parchment
Extent: A bifolium
Dimensions (leaf): 295 × 200 mm.
Dimensions (written): 210 × 195 mm.
Layout
40 long lines, pricked in the outer margins only.
Hand(s)
Written in an exquisite protogothic bookhand of west-country type.
Decoration
Red, green or purple initials.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Formerly a wrapper for ‘MCR 1590’. Two more leaves are in Oxford, Trinity Coll., A*. 8. 5 (Sadeelis Opera, 1593).
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. 953.
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
2019-12-09: First online publication