Peter the Chanter, Verbum abbreviatum
St John's College MS 67
St John's College, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Peter the Chanter, Verbum abbreviatum
Shelfmark
St John's College MS 67
Place of origin
English
Date
s. xii 2
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
Vellum (HSOS/HFFH).
Physical extent
iii + 214 + iii (numbered iv–vi).
Hands
Written in protogothic bookhand . Punctuation by point and punctus elevatus .
Decoration
Headings and roman chapter numbers in red (the latter added later?).
At the head, a 6-line high green arabesque capital with red flourishing. At chapter openings, 2-line alternating red and green arabesque capitals with flourishing of the other colour.
Alternate red and green 1-line rustic capitals to introduce items in the table of chapters.
Binding
A modern replacement. Sewn on five thongs. At the front, a marbled paper leaf and two modern paper flyleaves; at the rear, two modern paper flyleaves and another marbled leaf (iv–vi).
Acquisition
'Liber Collegij Sancti Johannis Baptistae ex dono Thomae Walkerin artibus Magistri et eiusdem Collegii Socij’ (fol. 2, upper margin).
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