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Ps.-Peter of Blois, 'Quales sunt'

St John's College MS 140

St John's College, University of Oxford

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Title

Ps.-Peter of Blois, 'Quales sunt'

Shelfmark

St John's College MS 140

Place of origin

England

Date

s. xiii in.

Language

Latin

Contents

Fols. 1–25 PS.-PETER OF BLOIS perhaps WILLIAM, PRIOR OF GRANDMONT ‘Quales sunt’

Form

codex

Support

Vellum (HSOS/HFFH).

Physical extent

Fols. iii + 25+ iii (numbered fols. iv–vi).

Hands

Written in protogothic bookhand . Punctuation by pointand punctus elevatus.

Decoration

Headings in red, that for the prologue in rustic capitals.

Two- and 3-line arabesque initials, alternately red and green, at text divisions.

Binding

A modern replacement. Sewn on five thongs. At the front, a marbled paper leaf and two paper flyleaves; at the rear, two paper flyleaves and another marbled leaf (iv–vi).

Provenance

An erased area probably removing an earlier note of ownership (fol. 1, upper margin).

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  • Peter of Blois, pseudo

  • Trahinac, Guillaume de, prior of Grandmont, c. 1180

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