FRANCIS DE MEYRONNES ; S. XV2
Merton College MS. 201
Merton College, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
FRANCIS DE MEYRONNES ; S. XV2
Shelfmark
Merton College MS. 201
Place of origin
script of English appearance.
Date
S. XV2
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
Parchment
Physical extent
193 leaves (i + 192) The edges heavily retrimmed affecting marginalia and running heads, and spattered with red.
Hands
Apparently a single loose and rather variable anglicana hand.
Decoration
Unfilled spaces for coloured initials and rubrics.
Binding
Standard Merton s. xvii; sewn on five bands; formerly chained from the usual position. fol. i was the pastedown in an earlier binding. At its foredge, near the foot, is the mark of a chain-staple, first in brass, replaced in iron; also the mark of a central strap.
Provenance
At the foot of fol. 5v is ‘Liber collegii de Merton in Oxon’ ex dono Magistri Iohannis Hanham quondam socii eiusdem cuius usus habeatur secundum discrecionem custodis.’ Hanham (BRUO 866) was fellow in 1427–8, until 1438, d. 1494. The gift of this one occurred in that year (Registrum, p. 57).
Inside the front board is a sheet of paper with a table of contents and ‘D. 8, 4’ (canc.), s. xvii, and ‘O. 8. 16. Art:’, canc. and replaced with ‘H. 1. 8 (CCI)’ in red; the College bookplate.
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