NICHOLAS DE LYRA; S. XIV ex.
Merton College MS. 163
Merton College, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
NICHOLAS DE LYRA; S. XIV ex.
Shelfmark
Merton College MS. 163
Place of origin
script of English appearance.
Date
S. XIV ex.
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
Parchment
Physical extent
394 leaves (i + 393)The edges retrimmed and spattered with red.
Hands
A single proficient anglicana hand. The scribe writes running heads in capitals.
Decoration
Red and blue initials flourished in red and with partial borders in the colours; blue initials flourished in red; red underlining. Unfilled spaces for diagrams.
Binding
Standard Merton s. xvii, repaired and rebacked (Maltby, 1953); sewn on five bands; formerly chained from the usual position. Fols. i and 393 were pastedowns in an earlier binding, sewn on seven bands. Near the foot of fol. 393 are the marks of the large iron chain-staple. At the foredge are the marks of two clasps.
Provenance
One of a set with MSS 164–5.
Inside the front board is the College bookplate and ‘B 3. 9’ in modern pencil.
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