Epistle collections: Augustine, Ambrose, Becket
St John's College MS 15
St John's College, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Epistle collections: Augustine, Ambrose, Becket
Shelfmark
St John's College MS 15
Place of origin
England
Date
s. xiv/xv (index), s. xv (wheel diagram)
s. xv2/4
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
Vellum (FSOS/FHHF).
Physical extent
Fols. i + 257+ i (numbered fol. ii).
Hands
Written in anglicana with secretaryductus and secretary r. Punctuation by point and occasional punctus elevatus .
Decoration
Headings in red.
Three-line unflourished blue lombards at heads of the letters; at larger divisions, 5-line red and blue ones.
Running titles in text ink with the number of the epistle.
Binding
Wooden boards from a medieval binding, re-covered with brown leather, in a small stippled pattern with stamped lattice design, s. xviii. Sewn on six thongs. Gold ‘15’ at the head of the spine, in black ink on the leading edges. At the front and rear, single paper flyleaves (the rear one fol. ii), both blank. A College bookplate on the front pastedown, with s. xviii notes on contents.
Provenance
No information.
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