AIDS TO PREACHING, JOHN BELETH &c.; S. XIV1, XII ex., XIII

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Title

AIDS TO PREACHING, JOHN BELETH &c.; S. XIV1, XII ex., XIII

Shelfmark

Merton College MS. 248

Place of origin

France (?)

England, Oxford

England

Date

s. xii ex.

s. xiv1

Language

Anglo-Norman

Middle English (1100-1500)

Latin

Form

codex

Support

Parchment

Physical extent

231 leaves (ii + 227, incl. 161A and 175A), , The edges retrimmed, with loss of marginalia, and stained red. Fols. 168–79 are only c. 265 mm. deep. I is foliated at least as far as f. 177 in early arabic numerals 1–16, 41–3, 17–39, 56–69, 131–42, 155–86, 189, 200–12, 218–52, 254–64, 266–71, 214–15, 97–106 (mod. 177). The gap 189–200 is a mistake of the foliator; most of the other gaps represent losses of blank leaves at the ends of quires.

Binding

Standard Merton s. xvii, sewn on three bands; formerly chained from the usual position. Fols. i-ii, 227 were pastedowns in an earlier binding. f. i was probably originally a piece of padding in the binding, sewn in modern times. f. ii has marks of two straps, and of a brass chain-staple at the foot. f. 227 has marks of two clasps at the foredge, and one each at head and tail.

Provenance

Part I was written in Oxford and acquired by John Sheppey while he was studying there. It was probably used by him for the construction of his own sermons collected in New Coll. MS 92.

It was given to the College in 1374 by William Reed: UO49. 65. On f. iiv‘Liber M. Willelmi Reed’ archidiaconi Roffensis quem emit ab executoribus uenerabilis patris domini Iohannis de Shepaya episcopi Roffensis de bonis sibi datis per reuerendum dominum suum M. Nicholum de Sandwyco. Oretis igitur pro singulis supradictis’; ‘Tertium uolumen sermonum per dominum Io. de Schepeya sacre theologie doctorem, monachum Roffensem et postea ibidem episcopum, pro suo tempore in uniuersitate Oxon’ collectorum’; ‘Liber domus scolarium de Merton’ in Oxon’ in communi libraria eiusdem et ad usum communem sociorum ibidem studencium cathenandus. Ex dono uenerabilis patris domini Willelmi tercii episcopi Cicestrie. Oretis igitur pro eodem et benefactoribus eiusdem ac fidelium animabus a purgatorio liberandis. Walterus Roberti.’ For William Reed, fellow from 1344 until at least 1357, d. 1385, see MS 8.

At the head of f. 1 is the James no. ‘216’, s. xvii. Inside the front board are many titles and notes on the contents, s. xvii, ‘F. 6, 11’, canc., and ‘P. 3. 15. Art:’, canc. and replaced with ‘B. 1. 6 (CCXLVIII)’ in red; the College bookplate.

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