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.

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