Gratian, Decretum (binding fragment)
St John's College MS 235 (fragment 114)
St John's College, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Gratian, Decretum (binding fragment)
Shelfmark
St John's College MS 235 (fragment 114)
Date
13th or 14th century(?)
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
Vellum.
Physical extent
Fols. 1, fragmentary.
Hands
Written in Gothic textura rotunda(?)
Decoration
Red and blue paraphs.
Provenance
Formerly used as binding waste in Oxford, St John’s College, D.1.7, which comprises books 6, 7, and 8 of Opera Bedae Venerabilis presbyteri, Anglosaxonis […] (Basileae: Per Ioannem Heruagium, 1563).
This binding fragment was apparently discovered when the book was rebacked in 1986. It is now the 114th item in MS 235, a collection of binding fragments removed from College books.
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