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

St John's College MS 235 (fragment 48)

Sermons for feasts of (? John and) Paul and the nativity of John the Baptist (binding fragment)

Contents

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Vellum.
Extent: Fols. 2 (a bifolium).
Dimensions (leaf): 210 × 165 mm.
Dimensions (written): 165 × 110 mm.

Layout

In long lines, 36 lines to the page. No prickings; bounds and rules faded.

Hand(s)

Written in anglicana, s. xv2.

Decoration

Running titles in text ink

History

Origin: s. xv2

Provenance and Acquisition

a considerable number of s. xvi pen-trials.

MS 235 is a collection of binding fragments removed from College books (medieval portions only). This entry is for fragment 48 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

2022-04: First online publication

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