BONAVENTURE ON II SENT; S. XIII ex.
Merton College MS. 115
Merton College, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
BONAVENTURE ON II SENT; S. XIII ex.
Shelfmark
Merton College MS. 115
Place of origin
Script of English appearance (?)
Date
S. XIII ex.
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
Parchment
Physical extent
292 leaves (ii + 290)The edges heavily retrimmed, affecting running heads and marginalia, and stained red. Fols. i-ii and 289–90 (probably post-medieval) are of thick, stiff parchment.
Hands
A proficient gothic rotunda bookhand influenced by anglicana; the same hand as MS 116.
Decoration
On fol. 1 a red and blue flourished initial with partial border in the colours; red or blue initials flourished in the other colour; red or blue paraphs.
Binding
Standard Merton s. xvii, repaired and rebacked; sewn on five bands; previously chained from the usual position. There are marks of brass chain-staples near the foot of the foredge of fol. ii and near the top of the foredge of fol. 290. fols. i (little more than a stub) and 290 were pastedowns in an earlier binding.
Provenance
Part of a set with MS 116. Given by Richard of Worplesdon (BRUO 2017), fellow in 1277, second warden from 1285, d. by Nov. 1295: UO47. 127.
Inside the front board is a sheet of paper with a title and ‘D. 5, 4’ (canc.), s. xvii, and the College bookplate. On another slip is ‘O. 1. 9. Art:’, s. xvii (repeated on fol. iiv), canc. and replaced with ‘L. 2. 8 (CXV)’ in red. A third slip has ‘Ms. Merton Coll. 95.’ in purple ink.
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