St John's College MS 235 (fragment 67)

Language(s): Latin

with four hymns, ‘Mirabilis deus in sanctis suis’, ‘Reddet deus mercedem laborum’, ‘Exultabunt sancti in gloria’, ‘Gaudete in sanctis domino’.

Form: codex

Support: Vellum.

Extent: Fols. 2, most of a bifolium.

Dimensions (leaf): 215 × 155 mm.

Dimensions (written): 180 × 100 mm.

In long lines, 7 lines to the page, with music on four staves. No prickings; bounds and rules faded.

Written in caroline, s. xii².

At the head of the hymns, arabesque initials in purple, green, and red; staves and liturgical instructions in red.

Origin: s. xii²

MS 235 is a collection of binding fragments removed from College books (medieval portions only). This entry is for fragment 67 only.

Ralph Hanna, A descriptive catalogue of the western medieval manuscripts of St. John's College, Oxford (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002)

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2022-06: First online publication