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St John's College MS 235 (fragment 3)

Breviary (binding fragment)

Language(s): Latin

Breviary,

the Common of saints, part of Matins for the birth of several martyrs, ed. BrevSar 2:403–7.

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: Vellum.

Extent: Fol. 1.

Dimensions (leaf): 130 × 75 mm.

Dimensions (written): 93 × 53 mm.

Layout

In 29 long lines. Prickings; bounded and ruled in black ink.

Hand(s)

Written in England, in gothic textura rotunda, s. xv.

Decoration

Two-line blue lombards.

Headings in red; verses divided by alternate 1-line red and blue lombards.

History

Origin: s. xv. ; England

Provenance and Acquisition

Pen-trial with English phrase ‘Ihesus Be my spead’, s. xvi in.

MS 235 is a collection of binding fragments removed from College books (medieval portions only). This entry is for fragment 3 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

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Last Substantive Revision

2021-10: First online publication

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