NICHOLAS DE LYRA ; S. XV med. (1437?)
Merton College MS. 187
Merton College, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
NICHOLAS DE LYRA ; S. XV med. (1437?)
Shelfmark
Merton College MS. 187
Place of origin
script of French appearance.
script of English appearance (?)
Date
S. XV med. (1437?)
S. XV med.
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
Parchment
Physical extent
302 leaves (v + 297) The edges retrimmed and spattered with red.
Binding
Standard Merton s. xvii, repaired; sewn on five bands; formerly chained from the usual position. Fols. i and 297 are modern paper blanks.
Provenance
On fol. iiiv‘Liber domus scolarium de Mertone ex dono Magistri Henrici Seuer sacre pagine professoris ac custodis eiusdem incathenatus ad communem usum sociorum in libraria studere uolencium Anno Domini M. CCCC. lxvi’. Faint marks near the foot of fol. 296 may be from the large brass chain-staple.
Seen at Merton by John Bale (Appendix C, no. 32). At the head of fol. 1 is the James no. ‘103’ (wrongly), s. xvii in.
Inside the front board is a sheet of paper with a table of contents and ‘F. 6, 8’ (canc.), s. xvii, and ‘O. 8. 2. Art:’, canc. and replaced with ‘G. 1. 6 (CLXXXVII)’ in red; the College bookplate.
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