RAYMOND LULL; c. 1470–80
Merton College MS. 89
Merton College, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
RAYMOND LULL; c. 1470–80
Shelfmark
Merton College MS. 89
Place of origin
Script of French appearance.
Script of English appearance
England
Date
c. 1470–80
c. 1300
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
Parchment
Physical extent
311 leaves (i + 310)
Hands
The humanistic bookhand of John Pacy, who also wrote CCCC 158, and wrote and signed Cambridge, Pembroke Coll. MS 235 in 1464.
Decoration
Initials in colours and gold: on fol. 2 initial and 3-sided border; on fols. 112, 162, 184, 244, initial and 2-sided border; on fols. 34, 75, 95, 108, 113 (2), 114rv coloured initials and sprays. Otherwise blue initials flourished in red.
Binding
Contemporary; thin, slightly chamfered oak boards with slightly projecting squares, bared and rebacked with modern vellum, sewn on five bands; on the rear board is nailed the usual label under horn with Fitzjames’ arms and ex dono. At one stage a much larger one appears to have been nailed to the front board, extending over the spine covering.
Provenance
On fol. 1v, in the usual untidy secretary hand, a long table of contents followed by ‘Ex dono domini Ricardi Fitz James nuper Cicestrensis episcopi et custodis istius collegii’. For Fitzjames, see MS 9; the dolphin from his arms is in the opening initial on fol. 2. ‘9’ (altered from ?’16’) is inked on the foredge.
On fol. 1v is ‘N. 7. 9. Art:’, s. xvii, and the College bookplate, together with ‘LXXXIX’.
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