JOHN LATHBURY ON LAMENTATIONS; 1413?
Merton College MS. 189
Merton College, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
JOHN LATHBURY ON LAMENTATIONS; 1413?
Shelfmark
Merton College MS. 189
Associated place
Puddletown
Place of origin
script of English appearance.
Date
1413?
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
Parchment
Physical extent
212 leaves (v + 207) The edges retrimmed and spattered with red.
Binding
Standard Merton s. xvii; sewn on seven bands; formerly chained from the usual position. fol. i was a pastedown in an earlier binding which was sewn on eight bands.
Provenance
On fol. v is ‘Hamundus Haydok’, presumably autograph. At the head of fol. vvis ‘Liber domus scolarium de Mertone ex dono magistri Hamundi Haydok incathenatus in libraria anno Domini M. CCCC. lxviii.’ For Hammond Haydok, fellow c. 1421, still in 1432, d. 1465, see MS 16.
Seen by John Bale at Merton (Appendix C, no. 21). Inside the front board are two sheets of paper, one with a title, s. xvii, the other with a title and ‘O. 8. 4. Art:’, s. xvii, the latter canc. and replaced with ‘M. 1. 4 (CLXXXIX)’ in red.
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