THOMAS BRADWARDINE; 1369

Title

THOMAS BRADWARDINE; 1369

Shelfmark

Merton College MS. 71

Place of origin

England, Oxford

Date

1369

Language

Latin

Contents

Form

codex

Support

Parchment

Physical extent

268 leaves (i + 267)

Hands

Written, probably by one variable hand, in a mixture of gothic rotunda bookhand and anglicana.

Decoration

Books open with large and handsome red and blue flourished initials, with partial borders in the colours. Blue initials flourished in red; red or blue paraphs; running heads in red and blue capitals.

Binding

s. xx, Maltby; bare oak boards, backed with vellum; resewn on five bands. On fol. 265v are marks of two clasps at the foredge and one each at head and tail, of a brass chain-staple from the foredge near the head, and of the large iron chain-staple near the foot.

Provenance

On fol. iv‘Liber M. Simonis Lambourn’ prec’ vii marcarum. Scriptus anno Domini mccclxix.’ There is no need to suppose that Lambourne was the scribe; the book is doubtless a professional product and made at Oxford. He does, however, annotate and provide marginal auctoritates. At the foot of fol. 266v, very faint, is ‘Liber domus scolarium de Merton’ in Oxon’ datus per Magistrum Symonem Lambourn’, s. xv. At the head of fol. 267, probably autograph, is ‘Liber M. Simonis Lambourn’ datus aule de Merton’ ad perpetuum usum sociorum eiusdem.’ Lambourne (BRUO 1087) was fellow 1347–61, later canon of Southwell. He left MS 284 to John Bloxham (BRUO 204), and gave MS 306 to the College. On fol. ivis ‘Donavit Bibliothecae Mr. Simon Lambourn’ and ‘N. 6. 5. Art:’, s. xvii, the second canc. and replaced with ‘K. 2. 6 (LXXI)’, in red. Beneath is the College bookplate.