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St John's College MS 235 (fragment 1)

Breviary (binding fragment)

Language(s): Latin

not the Sarum as printed; on the first leaf, the rubrics associated with the 1st Sunday in Advent; on the second, most of Gen. 17, divided as lections; cf. BrevSar 1:vii–xv and dxliii (Gen. 12 and Chrysostom’s discussion of the sacrifice of Isaac, readings for Quinquagesima).

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: Vellum.

Extent: Fols. 2.

Dimensions (leaf): 172 × 110 mm.

Collation

A catchword on one leaf.

Layout

In double columns, each column 137 × 40 mm. , with 7 mm between columns in 38 lines. No prickings; bounded and ruled in lead.

Hand(s)

Written in England by two different scribes, in gothic textura quadrata and semiquadrata, s. xv in.

Decoration

At the heads of sections, 2-line blue lombards on red flourishing.

Headings in red, the text divided by blue paraphs.

History

Origin: s. xv in. ; England

Provenance and Acquisition

MS 235 is a collection of binding fragments removed from College books (medieval portions only). This entry is for fragment 1 only.

Record Sources

Ralph Hanna, A descriptive catalogue of the western medieval manuscripts of St. John's College, Oxford (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002)

Availability

For enquiries relating to this manuscript please contact St John's College Library.

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (full digital facsimile)

Bibliography

Francis Proctor and Christopher Wordsworth (eds.), Breviarum ad usum insignis ecclesiae Sarum, 3 vols. (Cambridge, 1882–6).

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

2021-09: First online publication

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