ROBERT KILWARDBY, THOMAS OF IRELAND &c.; S. XIV in. (before 1347)
Merton College MS. 129
Merton College, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
ROBERT KILWARDBY, THOMAS OF IRELAND &c.; S. XIV in. (before 1347)
Shelfmark
Merton College MS. 129
Place of origin
script of English appearance
script of English appearance.
Date
s. xiii
S. XIV in. (before 1347)
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
Parchment
Physical extent
151 leaves (ii + 149) The edges retrimmed and spattered with red. Fols. i-ii are of thick, stiff parchment. Originally two independent volumes, I split by the insertion of II early on.
Binding
Standard Merton s. xvii, sewn on four bands; formerly chained from the usual position. Fols. i and 149 were pastedowns in a binding sewn on six bands. Near the foot of fol. 149 is the mark of the large brass chain-staple.
Provenance
On fol. iiv, s. xiv, ‘Liber quondam M. Roberti de Gillynham in sacra pagina professoris et uicarii beati Petri in oriente Oxon. Legatus domui aule de Mertone ad incatenandum in librario [sic] eiusdem domus.’ Gillingham (BRUO 770) was fellow 1327–33, d. Jan. 1346.
Inside the front board is a sheet of paper with ‘E. 4, 4’ (canc.) and a table of contents, s. xvii, the College bookplate pasted over.
On the board itself is ‘O. 3. 1. Art:’, s. xvii, canc. and replaced with ‘L. 1. 1 (CXXIX)’ in red.
At the head of fol. 1 is the James no. ‘41’, s. xvii in.
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