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

St John's College MS 235 (fragment 33)

An unidentified civil law commentary (binding fragment)

Contents

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Vellum.
Extent: Two fragments, one perhaps the top of the leaf, the other from the foot.
Dimensions (leaf): 145 × 180 mm.

Layout

In double columns, each column 65–70 mm wide, 30+ lines on the fullest leaf. No prickings; bounded and ruled in brown crayon.

Hand(s)

Written in England in gothic textura rotunda, s. xiv med.

Decoration

Two 3-line blue lombards on red flourishing.

Blanks for headings unfilled.

History

Origin: s. xiv med. ; England

Provenance and Acquisition

MS 235 is a collection of binding fragments removed from College books (medieval portions only). This entry is for fragment 33 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

2022-01: First online publication

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