ALEXANDER DE ALEXANDRIA ON JOHN; S. XV
Merton College MS. 80
Merton College, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
ALEXANDER DE ALEXANDRIA ON JOHN; S. XV
Shelfmark
Merton College MS. 80
Date
S. XV
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
Parchment
Physical extent
174 leaves (iii + 171)The edges heavily retrimmed and spattered with red.
Hands
Two French scribes, writing bastarda, the second beginning at quire 12.
Decoration
Blue initials flourished in red; red or blue paraphs. Red paraphs accompany the running heads.
Binding
Standard Merton s. xvii, rebacked and repaired by Maltby in 1953, sewn on six bands; formerly chained from the usual position on the rear board. fols. i and 171 were formerly pastedowns; on fol. 171, near the foot, is the mark of the large brass chain-staple; also the marks of two strap-pins.
Provenance
At the head of fol. iiiv‘Liber domus scolarium de Merton’ ex dono Magistri Henrici Seuer sacre pagine professoris ac custodis eiusdem incathenatus ad communem usum sociorum in libraria studere uolencium anno Domini MCCCCLXVI.’ For Sever, warden 1455–71, see MS 6.
Inside the front board is a sheet of paper with titles, s. xvii, ‘G. 3. 6 (LXXX)’ in red, and the College bookplate. ‘14’ is inked on the foredge.
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