Hugo de S. Caro, Comm. in Isaiam; Oxford, England, 1462

Title

Hugo de S. Caro, Comm. in Isaiam; Oxford, England, 1462

Shelfmark

Exeter College MS. 57

Place of origin

Oxford, England

Date

1462

Language

Latin

Contents

Form

codex

Support

parchment FHHF

Physical extent

292 rather matt leaves, preceded and followed by one 18th-century paper flyleaf.

Hands

Written by Scribe 2 (see MS 53, Script). DMO, no. 788 (wrongly attributed to William Salomon), pl. 604 illus. part fol. 51r.

Decoration

Of the same type as in MS 51 but by Artist C, for a characterization of whose work see Watson, Exeter, pp. 85–87. Keys’s arms are in the illuminated initial on fol. 1r and not at the foot of the page as usual.

Binding

Stamped leather bindings over square-edged wooden boards, (presumably) rebound; stamp used was employed in Oxford between 1535 and 1621, here in the second phase state, probably c. 1605–10. Two straps held by nails. Refurbished in the 19th century (1839?): that volumes were resewn is indicated by the very tight binding, which makes collation difficult, and by the provision of new endbands; edges were stained red; book was reinforced by pasting long strips of canvas round the spine and attached to the boards, and the old spines were replaced. Sewn on seven bands. There are remains of only one of the two straps, and three of the five tacks that held the lower strap have been lost. For other details see Watson, Exeter, p. 87.

Provenance

For Keys’s ex dono inscription, once probably in this volume, see MS 53, History.

Exeter library identifications are, on the front pastedown, bookplate 3, on it ‘173–F–7’, deleted and replaced by ‘213 E.8’, and ‘Coxe Lvii’ pencil). At the foot of fol. 1r is ‘Liber Coll: Exon.’ (s. xvi/xvii?).