JOHN ASHENDEN; S. XIV med.
Merton College MS. 328
Merton College, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
JOHN ASHENDEN; S. XIV med.
Shelfmark
Merton College MS. 328
Place of origin
England, probably Oxford
Date
S. XIV med.
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
Parchment
Physical extent
74 leaves (i + 73) The edges heavily retrimmed, removing portions of diagrams in the lower margins.
Hands
A gothic rotunda bookhand influenced by anglicana, of the usual university type.
Decoration
Blue initials flourished in red; red paraphs, highlighting and underlining. Tables and diagrams in red and ink of text.
Binding
s. xix in., sewn on six bands. Fols. i and 73 are blank paper binding leaves.
Acquisition
Bought by the College at the Powis Castle sale, Davis & Orioli, London, lot 22, 20 March 1923.
Provenance
Probably made commercially at Oxford.
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