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St John's College MS 235 (fragment 44)

An unidentified civil law commentary (binding fragment)

Contents

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Vellum.
Extent: Fol. 1.
Dimensions (leaf): 320 × 220 mm.
(25 mm of the width folded over)

Layout

In double columns, each column 303 × 75–8 mm. , with 15 mm between columns, in 73 lines to the column. No prickings; bounded and ruled in brown ink.

Hand(s)

Written in England in gothic textura rotunda (of a rather university stripe), s. xiv.

Decoration

One very faded 2-line red lombard; signs of red and blue paraphs to break the argument.

Running title a blue ‘I’ with red flourishing.

History

Origin: s. xiv. ; England

Provenance and Acquisition

MS 235 is a collection of binding fragments removed from College books (medieval portions only). This entry is for fragment 44 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

2022-02: First online publication

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