JEROME ON JEREMIAH; S. XV
Merton College MS. 52
Merton College, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
JEROME ON JEREMIAH; S. XV
Shelfmark
Merton College MS. 52
Place of origin
Continental
Date
S. XV
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
Parchment
Physical extent
94 leaves (v + 89)The edges stained yellow.
Hands
One expert Continental scribe, writing slightly archaizing formal cursive.
Decoration
Blue initials flourished in red; red lemmata, marginal chapter-numbers and running heads; yellow highlighting.
Binding
s. xix, sewn on five bands; fols. i-iii, 87–9 are modern paper blanks. On fol. iv is the mark of a brass chain-staple near the foot of the foredge. On fol. 86 are the marks of two clasps or catches.
Provenance
Given by Richard Fitzjames, for whom see MS 9. On fol. vv ‘Beatus Hieronimus super Hieremiam prophetam ex dono domini Ricardi Fitz James nuper Cicestrensis episcopi et custodis istius collegii. Cuius anime propicietur Deus Amen’, in the usual hand.
At the head of fol. 1 is the James no. ‘267’, s. xvii in. Above is ‘N. 4. 13. Art:’, s. xvii. Below is the College bookplate. On fol. iv is ‘N. 4. 13. Art:’ again, canc. and replaced with ‘A. 1. 3 (LI)’ in red.
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