St John's College MS 235 (fragment 22)

BARTHOLOMAEUS ANGLICUS, De proprietatibus rerum 18.65, with a sentence from 18.67 (binding fragment)

Language(s): Latin

BARTHOLOMAEUS ANGLICUS, De proprietatibus rerum 18.65, with a sentence from 18.67

ed. Hain 2505*, BMC 2:425 (Nürnberg, 30 May 1483), unfoliated. Cf. John Trevisa’s Middle English translation, ed. M. C. Seymour et al., The Properties of Things, 2 vols. (Oxford, 1975), 2:1214/25–1217/21, 1219/6–7.

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: Vellum.

Extent: Fol. 1.

Dimensions (leaf): 145 × 198 mm.

the foot of a leaf.

Condition

The verso illegible.

Layout

In double columns, each column 68 mm wide, with about 12 mm between columns, in 20 surviving lines to the column. No prickings; ruled in lead.

Hand(s)

Written in anglicana formata, s. xiv med. or xiv²

Decoration

The text divided by alternate red and blue paraphs.

History

Origin: s. xiv med. or xiv²

Provenance and Acquisition

MS 235 is a collection of binding fragments removed from College books (medieval portions only). This entry is for fragment 22 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

Catalogue of Books Printed in the XVth Century Now in the British Museum, 8 vols. (London, 1909).

L. Hain, Repertorium bibliographicum, 8 vols. (Stuttgart, 1826-38, repr. Milan, 1948), with Supplement by W. A. Copinger (London, 1895–1902; repr. Milan, 1950).

M. C. Seymour et al. (eds), John Trevisa, The Properties of Things, 2 vols. (Oxford, 1975), 2:1214/25–1217/21, 1219/6–7.

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

2021-12: First online publication

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