St John's College MS 235 (fragment 9)

Ecclesiasticus 31:24–38:5, in part (binding fragment)

Language(s): Latin

Ecclus. 31:24–38:5, in part.

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: Vellum.

Extent: Two fragments, the upper and lower portions of the same leaf.

Dimensions (fragment): 103 surviving mm × 172 surviving mm.

Layout

In double columns, each column 60–5 mm wide, with 8–9 mm between columns, about 28 surviving lines on each fragment.

Hand(s)

Written in England in gothic textura semiquadrata, s. xiii ex.

Decoration

Divided into sections by alternate red and blue 2- to 4-line lombards, with flourishing in the other colour. These appear both set into the text and written in the intercolumnar space.

Red marginal numbers for chapters.

History

Origin: s. xiii ex ; England

Provenance and Acquisition

MS 235 is a collection of binding fragments removed from College books (medieval portions only). This entry is for fragment 9 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.

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