Durham University Library Archives & Special Collections Catalogue
Parchment cut from an early 14th century natural history text and mid 16th century documents, re-used as hinge-strips for the six volumes of Plutarch's Works.
Parchment
No pricking visible. Ruled in softish brown. Written space 167 mm high. 48 lines.
Written in small roundishtextura competently.
Initials, to each section, 2-line, alternately red infilled with one or two vertical lines and with a little flourishing in blue and blue similarly embellished in red.
Written in France, southern, early 14th century.
Hinge strips in Shelfmark of source: Routh XXII.K.3-5 - the first three volumes of six of Plutarchi chaeronensis quae extant opera, cum Latina interpretatione ... (Geneva: Excudebat Henr. Stephanus, Anno MDLXXII), in a late 16th century limp vellum binding, with gilt centrepieces and spine decoration, with ownership inscriptions of Jacques Poille (deleted) and of the Maurist congregation of St Julian Tours.
Unidentified text, consisting of short sections covering diverse subjects, e.g. de fatuo amore (K.3 front), aquila, ferrum “Ferrum quando extrahitur a terra”, De stulto (K.3. back), equus (K.4 front), de cane, de porco, de accipite, de iniquitate divitum (K.5 front) and de scala (K.5 back), with moralizations and scriptural references.
Parchment
Divided into sections by vertical lines
Written in France, later 16th century.
Hinge strips in Shelfmark of source: Routh XXII.K.6-8 - the last three volumes of six of Plutarchi chaeronensis quae extant opera, cum Latina interpretatione ... (Geneva: Excudebat Henr. Stephanus, Anno MDLXXII), in a late 16th century limp vellum binding, with gilt centrepieces and spine decoration, with ownership inscriptions of Jacques Poille (deleted) and of the Maurist congregation of St Julian Tours.
Notes roughly contemporary with the binding - one headed “Bordereau ... lan [M] vcc lxx”, mainly in French with some Latin.