BRACTON; S. XIII ex.
Merton College MS. 320
Merton College, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
BRACTON; S. XIII ex.
Shelfmark
Merton College MS. 320
Date
S. XIII ex.
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
Parchment
Physical extent
199 leaves (ii + 197)
Hands
A neat early gothic bookhand.
Decoration
Modest initials in colours and gold fols. 1 (2), 5 (2), one of 14 lines on f. 142; red or blue initials flourished in the other colour; red or blue paraphs.
Binding
s. xvii, speckled calf, sewn on five bands; formerly chained from near the head of the front board. Fols. i-ii, 196–7 are blank paper binding leaves. f. 195 was formerly a pastedown in an earlier binding.
Provenance
On f. 194v, over an erased name, ‘Thomas Maydin libri possessor’, s. xvi. Near the head of f. 195 an inscription has been erased, made more illegible by reagent. ‘Iohannes’ and ‘Willelmum ?Dengle de pl’ can be read.
On f. 195v is ‘Willelmus Stamford b ad ?Friston’. Places of that name are in Suffolk or Sussex.
This should be the copy bequeathed by Thomas Farnelow, fellow by 1340, still in 1353, d. 1379, for whom see MS 102. According to his will (proved 13 Dec.) it was to be for the use of the warden. However, there is no sign of the manuscript having been at the College before s. xvii in.
Inside the front board is a title, s. xvii, and ‘Q. 1. 18 Art’ and ‘Q. 7. 1. Iur.’, both canc. and replaced with ‘O. 3. 9 (CCCXX)’ in red; the College bookplate.
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