ALEXANDER NEQUAM; S. XIII in.
Merton College MS. 254
Merton College, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
ALEXANDER NEQUAM; S. XIII in.
Shelfmark
Merton College MS. 254
Place of origin
England
Date
S. XIII in.
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
Parchment
Physical extent
142 leaves (i + 141) The edges retrimmed affecting marginalia and running heads, and spattered with red.
Hands
A large English protogothic bookhand.
Decoration
Plain red and blue-green initials; red paraphs and highlighting.
Binding
Standard Merton s. xvii, sewn on four bands; formerly chained from the usual position. f. 141 was formerly a pastedown. In the lower outer corner of f. i are rust-marks, probably from a chain-staple at the foredge.
Provenance
Made in England. Its presence at the College is uncertain before 1600. At the foot of f. 1 is a thoroughly-erased 3-line note, apparently beginning ‘Hic est liber monachorum ...’. The name could be ‘Muchelneia’ (Muchelney, Som.). At the foot of f. 2 is ‘xiiij’.
At the head of f. 1 is the James no. ‘154’, s. xvii in. ‘5’ is inked on the foredge. Inside the front board is a sheet of paper with contents and ‘F. 9, 11’ (canc.), s. xvii, and ‘P. 4. 5’, canc. and replaced with ‘C. 2. 5 (CCLIV)’ in red; the College bookplate.
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