PETER OF TARENTAISE; S. XIV in.

Title

PETER OF TARENTAISE; S. XIV in.

Shelfmark

Merton College MS. 171

Place of origin

England, Oxford

Date

S. XIV in.

Language

Latin

Contents

Form

codex

Support

Parchment

Physical extent

269 leaves (v + 264)The edges heavily retrimmed and spattered with red.

Hands

The gothic rotunda bookhand of William of Nottingham (for whom see MS 168). He occasionally annotates in anglicana.

Decoration

Red and blue flourished initials; blue initials flourished in red; plain red initials, red or blue paraphs; red and blue chapter numbers in the margins and as running heads. At the ends of quires are pencilled the number of the coloured initials and paraphs.

Binding

Standard Merton s. xvii, sewn on seven bands; formerly chained from the usual position; fols. i-iii, 262–4 are paper binding leaves, fols. i-ii, 263–4 from the same printed book as in MS 11. Previously rebound in 1436–7. On fol. iv are the marks of two straps.

Provenance

Made in Oxford.

Given to the College in 1374 by William Reed: UO49. 98. For Reed, see MS 8. Part of a set of ten volumes, of which eight survive: the others are MSS 166, 168–70, 172.

Inside the front board is a sheet of paper with ‘F. 3, 7’ (canc.) and contents, s. xvii, and ‘O. 6. 11. Art:’, canc. and replaced with ‘M. 3. 8 (CLXXI)’ in red; the College bookplate.