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Merton College Stack 112. d. 14

Physical Description

Two works from different centuries on a bifolium with one leaf blank.
Form: codex
Support: Parchment
Extent: A bifolium

Layout

In 38 long lines.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bound in Stack 112. d. 14 (J. de Sacro Bosco, &c., Venice 1499, &c.).

At the head of the front flyleaf, s. xvi, ‘Ad magistrum Lane noui collegii hoc opus pertinet pro quo habet opus metaphisice cum commento Scoti.’ At the end ‘M. Radulphus Lane possidebat hunc libellum quem commutauit pro Antonio Trumbeta metaphisico.’ At the head, canc., ‘Liber aureus cuius possessor Simo Ball’’. Just below, in another hand, canc., is ‘secundum Moryson postea’. At the foot, canc., ‘Michael Modin’. Lane (BRUO 1501–1540, 339) was fellow of New College 1513–1523, d. by Dec. 1555. Simon Ball (ibid., 22) was fellow of Merton 16 Feb. 1517, until his death in Jul. 1527.

Merton College Stack 112. d. 14 – Part 1

Contents

Language(s): Latin

Medical recipes

At the front a bifolium.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Parchment

History

Origin: s. xiv

Merton College Stack 112. d. 14 – Part 2

Contents

Language(s): Latin

An astronomical work

At the back a bifolium.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Parchment

History

Origin: s. xiii

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 20–1.

Funding of Cataloguing

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

Last Substantive Revision

2020-01-06: First online publication

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