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

Merton College 58. b. 6

Contents

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Parchment
Extent: A flattened bifolium

Layout

In 2 cols of more than 55 lines.

History

Origin: s. xiii ; Italian

Provenance and Acquisition

Bound in 58. b. 6 (A. Barbatias, vol. 3, Trent 1517).

Two more leaves are in ‘3. f. 15’ (A. Coccius Sabellicus, vol. 2, Basel 1538, given by James Leach; belonged to the College in 1556); a strip from the head of a bifolium is in ‘60. d. 10’ (J. of Imola, Lyon 1547).

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 908–9.

Funding of Cataloguing

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

Last Substantive Revision

2019-12-17: First online publication

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