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

Merton College 23. b. 6

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bound in 23. b. 6 (Lycophron, &c., Basel 1566, &c. ‘Liber Collegii de Merton ex dono D. D. Gyfford 1597’).

Merton College 23. b. 6 – Part 1

Contents

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Parchment
Extent: Two fragments

Layout

Written in 2 cols.

History

Origin: s. xiv in.

Provenance

Another fragment in ‘48. d. 19’ (I. Iacchinus, Basel 1563–4, ‘Rogeri Giffard iii s.’).

Merton College 23. b. 6 – Part 2

Contents

Language(s): Middle English

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Parchment
Extent: One leaf

Layout

In more than 32 long lines.

History

Origin: s. xiv ex.

Provenance

Another fragm. in Bodl. Libr., MS Rawl. D. 913, f. 4.

Additional Information

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, nos 918, 920. (Part 1)
    Ker, Pastedowns, no. 919 and Corrigenda, p. 15; N. Davis in Notes & Queries 214 (1969), 447–52 at pp. 451–2. (Part 2)

Funding of Cataloguing

Conversion of the printed catalogue to TEI funded by the Warden and Fellows of Merton College .

Last Substantive Revision

2020-01-07: First online publication

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