St John's College MS. 235 (fragments 14, 41, and 42)
An extensive text on the sacraments and their administration (binding fragments)
Contents
Language(s): Latin
Portions of Lib. 2, tit. 24, chs. 64–72 (no. 42), 72–81 (no. 41), 113–22 (no. 14) (the running titles indistinct or cut away on the later fragments). The text includes references to canon law commentaries; cf. ‘lxxiiii. Qvid si dicat episcopus excommunico te quia furtum fec ⟨ ⟩ cum tamen non ferent Numquid tenet huius excom ⟨ ⟩ Respondeo secundum glo C xxxiiii. Item pone […] ’ (no. 41); or ‘cxiij. Utrum speciebus vim in hoc sacramento possit alius liquor permisci et quid tunc cum alius liquor apponitur […] ’ (no. 14).
Physical Description
Layout
In double columns, the full columns on no. 41 each 265 × 86 mm. , with 12 mm between columns, in 61 lines to the column.
Hand(s)
Written in England in gothic textura rotunda, s. xiv med.
Decoration
At heads of sections, 2-line alternate red and blue lombards on flourishing of the other colour (on nos. 41 and 42, simply blue with red flourishing); alternate red and blue paraphs to set off questions and answers.
Running titles in alternate red and blue lombards give book and titulus; sections numbered in red.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
MS 235 is a collection of binding fragments removed from College books (medieval portions only). This entry is for fragments 14, 41, and 42 only.
Record Sources
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
View list of abbreviations and editorial conventions.
Last Substantive Revision
2021-11: First online publication