St John's College MS 235 (fragment 45)
A text on the elements (binding fragment)
Contents
Language(s): Latin
one break, ‘Elementum dicitur ex quo componitur primo in existente indiuisibili ipse in aliam speciem vt uocis […] ’, resembles the opening of the contemporary THEODORIC OF FREIBURG OP, ‘De elementis corporum naturalium’ (Kaeppeli no. 3710 [4:314–15]).
Physical Description
Layout
In double columns, each column 220 × 70 mm. , with 13 mm between columns, in 39 lines to the column. No prickings; bounds and rules faded.
Hand(s)
Written in gothic textura semiquadrata, s. xiii ex.
Decoration
At openings, 2-line alternate red and blue lombards, on flourishing of the other colour.
The text divided by alternate red and blue paraphs.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
MS 235 is a collection of binding fragments removed from College books (medieval portions only). This entry is for fragment 45 only.
Record Sources
Availability
For enquiries relating to this manuscript please contact St John's College Library.
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (full digital facsimile)
Bibliography
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
2022-03: First online publication