WELSH LAWS; S. XVI
Merton College MS. 323
Merton College, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
WELSH LAWS; S. XVI
Shelfmark
Merton College MS. 323
Place of origin
England
Date
S. XVI
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
Paper
Physical extent
63 paper leaves (iv + 59)
Hands
In the neat and legible secretary hand of John Dee, who annotates extensively.
Decoration
None.
Binding
s. xvii, sprinkled, blind-tooled calf, sewn on five bands. Fols. i-ii, 58–9 are blank paper binding leaves.
Provenance
On f. iii is ‘Tho: Allen:’, s. xvi, but the book is not found in the catalogue of his library: A. G. Watson, ‘Thomas Allen of Oxford and his Manuscripts’, in Medieval Scribes, Manuscripts & Libraries; Essays presented to N. R. Ker, ed. M. B. Parkes and A. G. Watson (London, 1978), pp. 279–313, at 284 n. 23, 290 n. 54, 312.
Also ‘Bibliothecae Mert: donavit Dus Thomas Clayton eques auratus et Coll: hujus Custos. Mar. 2 1680.’ Presumably acquired by Allen when John Dee’s library came on the market c. 1625–6. Excerpts by Richard James in Bodl. Libr., MS James 6, pp. 84–6, describe it as ‘MS Th. Alleni olim qui fuerat Ioh. Dee.’ ‘F. 2. 4.’ and ‘F. 2. 4. Arch.’, s. xvii-xviii.
Inside the front board is ‘Q. iv. 23.’, canc. and replaced with ‘K. 1. 9 (CCCXXIII)’ in red.
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