Bernard of Clairvaux — s. xii med.; English

Title

Bernard of Clairvaux — s. xii med.; English

Shelfmark

Merton College E. 3. 32

Place of origin

English

Date

s. xii med.

Language

Latin

Contents

Form

codex

Support

Parchment

Physical extent

Nine leaves (two bifolia and five single leaves)

Hands

A single expert protogothic bookhand.

Decoration

One red and blue initial, the rest plain red or green.

Provenance

Four of the leaves were taken from 16. e. 3 (J. Aventinus, Basel 1580), one from 17. b. 19 (Alfraganus, Frankfurt 1590), two from 24. b. 4 (S. Theupolus, &c., n. p. 1590, &c.), one from 24. b. 15 (Virgil, Heidelberg 1589, bought at Frankfurt 1590), one from 66. d. 5 (P. Belonius, &c., Antwerp 1589 &c.). Fifteen more leaves remain in situ: two in 34. h. 20 (J. P. Maffeius, Venice 1588), two in 67. e. 2 (Manilius, Heidelberg 1590, bought at Frankfurt in the same year), one in 74. c. 2 (J. Chrysostom, &c., London 1590 &c.), two in 81. a. 7 (J. Cyparissiotus, &c., Rome 1581 &c.), two in 46. e. 13 (J. Cassianus, Rome 1588), two in 95. i. 20 (R. Bellarminus, &c., Antwerp 1589, bought at Frankfurt in 1590), four in Stack 121. f. 1 (A. Montecatinus, Ferrara 1576, bought in Italy in 1589). There are four more in Oxford, Corpus Christi Coll., MS 487, nos 67–8, taken from I. 19. 11 (Venice 1589 &c.), two in Bodl. Libr., MS Seld. supra 102*, fols. 9, 10, taken from 8º A. 14 Art. Seld. (Aristotle, vol. 3, Venice 1560), eight in Bodl. Libr., MS Savile Q. 5 (Cologne, 1578), nineteen in Eton College, MS 218, taken from Gi. 6. 1–10* (Aristotle, Venice 1560), one in Cambridge, Magdalen Coll. H. 17. 33 (J. Cuiacus, Cologne 1588, ‘B. Jesop’ s. xvi/xvii).