St John's College MS 95
Orosius, History
Contents
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Collation
Condition
Layout
In double columns, each column 183–7 × 55 mm. , with 7 mm between columns, in 32 lines to the column. Frequent prickings; bounded and ruled in brown and purplish-brown ink.
Hand(s)
Written in caroline. Punctuation by point, punctus versus, and occasional punctus elevatus.
Decoration
Headings in red, but most spaces for them unfilled.
At the head (fol. 1rb), a 7-line arabesque initial with descender to the page foot, in blue and violet, with vine interlace, on gold leaf.
Books introduced by 6-line arabesque capitals (10-line for book 7, fol. 89vb) in red or green, sometimes both and sometimes with floral ornament in the contrasting colour (that for book 6, fol. 71va, is especially opulent, in green with red, blue, green, and gold leaf and flower infill.
At the heads of chapters, 2-line arabesque initials, usually alternating red and green, occasionally slate blue (and sporadically, gold).
Occasional 1-line red or green arabesque capitals to divide the text.
See AT, no. 82 (11), dating s. xii3/4, and plate v (fol. 1).
Binding
A modern replacement. Sewn on five thongs. At the front, a marbled paper leaf and two modern paper flyleaves; at the rear, two modern paper flyleaves and another marbled leaf (iv–vi).
History
Provenance and Acquisition
‘Orosius de ormessta [last four letters re-inked, s. xv] mundi ijdo fo Et sub [boxed] I xvij.’ (fol. 1, upper margin; s. xiv ex. or xiv/xv). The shelfmark is that of Chichester Cathedral (Ker MLGB 51).
‘Liber Collegii Divi Johannis Baptistae Oxon’ (fol. 49, upper margin; s. xviii or xix).
Record Sources
Availability
For enquiries relating to this manuscript please contact St John's College Library.
Bibliography
Funding of Cataloguing
Conversion of the printed catalogue to TEI funded by the Thompson Family Charitable Trust
Abbreviations
View list of abbreviations and editorial conventions.
Last Substantive Revision
2021-07: First online publication