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St John's College MS 235 (fragment 15)

Sermons (binding fragment)

Contents

Language(s): Latin

Sermons,

the end of one (‘ […] ad quam nos perducat etc.’) and the opening of a second: ‘Medicina o⟨ptim⟩a in festinatione tribulaccionis xliii. Sicut factus per hoc os sapiens [sic for sapientis] ab antiquis temporibus loquens […]

Three marginal citations of Augustine, two of Bernard.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Vellum.
Extent: Fol. 1.
Dimensions (leaf): 197 × 145 mm.

Condition

The verso is generally illegible.

Layout

In double columns, each column 165 × 55 and 60 mm. , with 7 mm between columns, in 57 lines to the column. No prickings; bounds and rules faded.

Hand(s)

Written in England, in gothic textura with a cursive duct and scattered anglicana forms for d and g, s. xiii2

Decoration

No decoration.

History

Origin: s. xiii2 ; England

Provenance and Acquisition

MS 235 is a collection of binding fragments removed from College books (medieval portions only). This entry is for fragment 15 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

Last Substantive Revision

2021-11: First online publication

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