°ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Library, Oxford, MS 98, f. 59v [detail]

‘On love and friendship, either true or false’: Ordinatio of Text and of Meaning in Oxford, °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ, MS 98

Samira Lindstedt
Issue number
(2021): 16

Dating to the first quarter of the 13th century, MS 98 contains the only complete version of the Proverbia of William de Montibus (d. 1213). What visual and interpretative effects did the ordinatio of this manuscript have on the envisioned reception and use of its texts? 

 

°ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Library, Oxford, MS 98, f. 59v [detail]

 

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