MS. e Mus. 87
Summary Catalogue no.: 3508
Contents
A copy of some Latin statutes of King's college, Cambridge, apparently a draft prior to the longer form actually given in 1443. In this draft, for instance, the first statute after the exordium begins 'De totali numero Sociorum ac Scholarium... Exordio omnium vt sacra Theologia quæ scientiatum omnium merito censenda est domina'
There is a gap represented by seven blank leaves (fols 16-22), after which the first words are 'Sed quod omnes Socii' about recreations
Physical Description
Binding
Dutch paper (black and gold on slate ground) on pasteboards, English work of about the middle of the 17th century
History
Provenance and Acquisition
This and MS. e Mus. 88 having the same peculiar binding, probably came to the Library at the same time. They first appear in Library lists about 1655
MS. e Mus. 87, flyleaves
Contents
One chapter begins 'Caro uero est sibi simile in omnibus animalibus sanguinem habentibus'
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Last Substantive Revision
2025-04-29: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1937)