These treatises have been bound together in the 15th century, and the manuscript parts added for the most part by one hand about 1490. The Tabula on f. 1r is by this hand also, possibly that of George Herman [?], a monk from Schwarzwald, as explained in the colophon on f. 261r: '... collecta per me Georgium Herman in monasterio omnium sanctorum nigre silve, 6to iduum maii 1490 ('gathered by me Georg Herman in All Saints' monastery in the Black Forest, on the 6th of the ides of May 1490'). Georg Herman Georg Herman was a canon of the Premonstratensian abbey of S. Maria in Roggenburg (see colophon, f. 233r.) who worked on the manuscript while at All Saints' abbey in Schwarzwald; he may perhaps be Georg Ehrmann, who was abbot of Roggenburg, 1543-54.

The name of a possible later owner occurs twice : on f. 187v, F. Jacobus Holtzwart Manningensis, and on f. 3r, F. Jacobus Holtzwart me manu suo habet. It was potentially the same Jacob Holtzwart who was schoolmaster at Roggenburg in 1530. 'Manningensis' may be a deformation of Memmingensis, Memmingen being a town nearby Roggenburg.

On f. 3r there is also a modern stamp, Dem Kloster Roggenburg, which possibly refers to a monastery of this name in Swabia. From a sale entry we learn that its price in 'original wood boards' was 10s. 6d.

The words Reid Bequest printed on the front and back of the binding, followed by a crest and the writing College Library Edinburgh, indicate that the book has been acquired by the library thanks to the Reid Bequest.

D.f.8.94

Title given to the manuscript in Catherine Borland’s catalogue: Tractatus Grammaticales