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

Merton College E. 3. 42

Contents

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Parchment
Extent: Most of a bifolium. Written space 145 mm. wide.
Dimensions (written): 145

Layout

Frame-ruled in 2 cols, written in more than 45 lines.

Hand(s)

In a scholastic cursive hand, probably French.

Decoration

No decoration.

History

Origin: s. xiv in. ; probably French

Provenance and Acquisition

Formerly a wrapper for ‘MCR 1579’ (spice-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

2019-12-09: First online publication

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