Robert of Bridlington on the minor prophets
St John's College MS 46
St John's College, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Robert of Bridlington on the minor prophets
Shelfmark
St John's College MS 46
Place of origin
England
Date
s. xii med.
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
Vellum (HSOS/HFFH).
Physical extent
Fols. iii + 156+ iii (numbered fols. iii bis–v).
Hands
Written in protogothic bookhand . Punctuation by pointand punctus elevatus.
Decoration
Headings in red.
The biblical text in red, followed by the commentary in black ink.
Prologues and biblical books introduced by alternating 6-line green and red arabesque capitals (8 lines in the prologue).
One-line alternating red and green arabesque capitals to break up the text.
An attempt in quire 1 only (and very sporadically thereafter) to mark authorities in red in margins.
Regular red running titles to identify the biblical book.
Chapter numbers added in the upper right corner of rectos and provided in the margins, s. xv.
Binding
Modern replacement. Sewn on four thongs. At the front, a marbled paper leaf and two modern paper flyleaves; at the rear, two modern paper flyleaves and another marbled paper one (iii bis–v) .
Provenance
‘Liber sanctȩ Mariȩ de Bellalanda ’ (fol. 1, the upper margin) (Ker, MLGB 23).
‘Liber Collegij Divi Iohannis Baptistae Oxon’ ex dono Domini Gulielmi PaddeiMilitis et ejusdem Collegii olim Convictoris 1634’ ( fol. 2, the upper margin).
A note on the author (s. xvii) and the college shelfmark ‘46’ appear on fol. 1, the upper margin.
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