PARISIAN SERMONS; S. XIII 3/4
Merton College MS. 237
Merton College, University of Oxford
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Title
PARISIAN SERMONS; S. XIII 3/4
Shelfmark
Merton College MS. 237
Place of origin
France
Date
S. XIII 3/4
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
Parchment
Physical extent
257 leaves (vii + 250) The edges heavily retrimmed with loss of marginalia, and spattered with red. Contemporary foliation, 1–244, omitting 47.
Hands
Written in a French gothic rotunda bookhand as far as f. 237v; two or three less formal hands take over from that point. The main scribe writes ‘cor’’ at the end of each quire.
Decoration
On f. 1 a 4-line T in colours and gold on a square ground with partial border;
red or blue initials flourished in the other colour; red or blue paraphs; red underlining of lemmata and framing of variant readings and corrections in the margin; red initials and highlighting to the subject-index.
Binding
Standard Merton s. xvii, sewn on four bands; formerly chained from the usual position. Fols. i-iv and 248–50 are paper binding leaves, fols. i-ii and 249–50 from the same printed book used in MS 13. On f. 248v are the marks of two foredge clasps and of the large iron chain-staple. These marks pass through as far as f. 243; however, f. 244, which may have been a pastedown at the front of another book, has marks of two clasps at the foredge and one each at head and tail. f. v was excised and tipped back in reverse position (i.e. the recto is the former verso), prior to the binding of s. xvii. The present verso shows that it was pasted down in an earlier binding, the spine area with offsets from a book of s. xiii. The former foredge (now at the spinefold) has marks of two straps, and of a brass chain-staple with iron nails close to the foot.
Provenance
Made in France; not originally part of a set with 238–9. Given to the College by William Reed in 1374: UO49. 60. On f. i: ‘Liber M. Willelmi Reed episcopi Cicestrensis quem emit a uenerabili patre domino Thoma Tryllek episcopo Roffensi. Oretis igitur pro utroque’; ‘Liber domus scolarium de Merton’ in Oxon’ in communi libraria eiusdem et ad usum communem sociorum ibidem studencium cathenandus. Ex dono uenerabili patris domini Willelmi tercii episcopi Cicestrie. Oretis igitur pro utro eodem et benefactoribus eiusdem ac fidelium animabus a purgatorio liberandis. Walteri Roberti.’ At the foot of f. 245 is ‘Liber M’ Willelmi Reed episcopi Cicestrensis quem emit a [domino instanciaerased] Tryllek episcopo Roffensis Oretis igitur pro utroque. / Sermones Parisius collecti de sanctis/dominicis per circulum anni.’ For William Reed, fellow from 1344 until at least 1357, d. 1385, see MS 8. Thomas Trillek (BRUO 1906–8) was bp. of Rochester 1364–72.
Inside the front board is a sheet of paper, with ‘F. 4, 6’ (canc.) and titles, s. xvii, and ‘P. 3. 4. Art:’, canc. and replaced with ‘H. 2. 4’ and ‘(CCXXXVII)’ in red; the College bookplate. ‘12’ is inked on the foredge.
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