PIERO DE CRESCENZI; S. XIV med.
Merton College MS. 258
Merton College, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
PIERO DE CRESCENZI; S. XIV med.
Shelfmark
Merton College MS. 258
Place of origin
England
Date
S. XIV med.
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
Parchment
Physical extent
138 leaves (ii + 136) All edges heavily retrimmed and spattered with red.
Hands
A rather formal anglicana hand.
Decoration
A 4-line C enclosing foliage, on a square ground, with two-sided vine-leaf border in colours and gold; red and blue initials flourished in the colours plus violet, with marginal extensions; red initials flourished in violet, blue initials flourished in red; red or blue paraphs; running heads in the colours.
Binding
Standard Merton s. xvii; sewn on four bands; formerly chained from the usual position. Fols. i-ii, 134–5 are paper binding leaves, the first from the same printed book as in MS 19. f. 136 was formerly a pastedown in an earlier binding.
Provenance
Made in England.
At the College by 1556: UO65. 38.
At the head of f. 1 is the James no. ‘149’, s. xvii in. Inside the front board is a sheet of paper with contents, s xvii, and ‘P. 4. 9. Art:’, canc. and replaced with ‘C. 2. 9 (CCLVIII)’, in red; the College bookplate. ‘9’ is inked on the foredge.
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