Gesta Romanorum; Grosseteste, Templum dei
St John's College MS 93
St John's College, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Gesta Romanorum; Grosseteste, Templum dei
Shelfmark
St John's College MS 93
Place of origin
England
Date
s. xiv ex.
s. xv med. and xiv ex.
s. xv med.
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
both vellum (both FSOS/FHHF)
Physical extent
Fols. i + 38 + i(numbered fol. 39, probably a flyleaf associated with the second MS) + 8 (numbered fols. 40–7) + i (numbered fol. ii).
Binding
Limp vellum with two string ties to close the book, s. xvii? Sewn on four thongs. At the head of the spine, ‘93’ in black ink on a paper lozenge pasted on, above it ‘Gesta Romanorum’; the number also in black ink on the front cover and rather indistinctly on the leading edges. Pastedowns modern paper, on the front one a College bookplate. At the front, a modern paper flyleaf; at the rear, a modern paper flyleaf (ii); in addition, an old vellum flyleaf (fol. 39) between the two MSS.
Acquisition
‘Liber Collegii Sancti Johannis Baptistae Oxon Ex dono venerabili viri Richardi TileslySacrae Theologiae Doctoris et Archidiaconi Ecclesiae Roffens olim huius Coll Socij’ ( fol. 2, upper margin).
Provenance
An erased ex-libris, almost entirely scraped away: ‘Iste liber Constat Domino W llmo B l S scraye ex dono W de anno domini M1CCCColxiijo. ( fol. 1, lower margin).
The old shelfmark ‘Abac: ij. N.48’ (the front pastedown).
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