BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX; S. XIV ex.
Merton College MS. 54
Merton College, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX; S. XIV ex.
Shelfmark
Merton College MS. 54
Place of origin
England
Date
S. XIV ex.
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
Parchment
Physical extent
231 leavesThe edges retrimmed with loss of early marginalia and stained yellow.
Hands
A single large, formal, English gothic rotunda bookhand.
Decoration
Handsome and distinctive red and blue flourished initials with long borders, enclosing designs of oak and other leaves and wyverns; red or blue initials flourished in the other colour.
Binding
s. xv, probably College, heavily restored in modern times: reverse-bevelled bare oak boards, with slightly projecting squares, rebacked with modern vellum; sewn on five bands; original blue and plain endbands; formerly two broad straps from recesses in the front board to catches at the back. Formerly a chain-staple at the foredge of the front board, near the foot.
Acquisition
Probably the book with 2ºfº quisque assigned to Richard Friendship in the electio of 1519 (UO63. 321). Certainly at the College by 1556 (UO65. 87). At the head of fol. 1 is the James no. ‘237’, s. xvii in. Inside the front board is a sheet of paper with a table of contents, s. xvii, ‘N. 4. 15 Art.’, s. xvii, canc. and replaced with ‘B. 3. 5 (LIV)’ in red. ‘15’ is inked on the foredge.
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