HUGH OF ST CHER ; S. XIV in., XV2

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Title

HUGH OF ST CHER ; S. XIV in., XV2

Shelfmark

Merton College MS. 203A

Place of origin

script of English appearance.

Date

S. XV2

S. XIV in.

Language

Latin

Fols. i-ii blank. On fol. iiv is ‘Contenta / Postillator super Lucam’, c. 1500.

(fols. 1–284v; 285–8v blank) HUGH OF ST CHER Commentary on Luke

Merton College MS. 203A, fols. 14–272 (original manuscript)

Merton College MS. 203A, fols. 1–13, 273–84 (replacement leaves)

Form

codex

Support

Parchment

Physical extent

290 leaves (ii + 288)The edges retrimmed, cropping the running heads, and spattered with red.

Binding

Standard Merton s. xvii; sewn on four bands; formerly chained from the usual position. Fols. i and 288 were pastedowns in an earlier binding. Near the foot of fol. 288 is the mark of the large iron chain-staple.

Provenance

On fol. iiv ‘Liber domus scolarium de Mertone ex dono Magistri Henrici Seuer sacre pagine professoris ac custodis eiusdem incathenatus in libraria ad communem usum ibidem studere uolencium anno Domini M. CCCC. lxviii’; ‘B lier .19us.’, in the usual hand (see MS 60). For Sever, warden 1456–71, see MS 6.

At the head of fol. 1 is the James no. ‘134’, s. xvii in. Inside the front board is a title, s. xvii, and ‘O. 8. 18. Art:’, canc. and replaced with ‘H. 1. 17 (203a)’ in red; the College bookplate.

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