MS. Germ. b. 3
Summary Catalogue no.: Not in SC (late accession): no detailed description available. For post-medieval items see New Summary Catalogue 47233.
Guardbook of German language fragments
Contents
Fols. 1 (document), 2-3, 8, 9-10, 15, and 50 are medieval.
MS. Germ. b. 3, fol. 8
Contents
(fol. 8)
Life of Margaret of Antioch (fragment) Katalog der deutschsprachigen illustrierten Handschriften des Mittelalters: 6,3/4 Heiligenleben (Munich, 2005), 287f. (Nr. 51.22.2), Abb. 51.62 [online]
Kurt Gärtner und Nigel F. Palmer, 'Fragment aus einer Bilderhandschrift der Margaretalegende in der Bodleiana zu Oxford', in Litterae ignotae. Beiträge zur Textgeschichte des deutschen Mittelalters: Neufunde und Neuinterpretationen, ed. Ulrich Müller (Litterae 50), Göppingen 1977, 57-60.
Language(s): Middle High German
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Decoration
Miniatures (mutilated). (Pächt and Alexander i. 147)
History
MS. Germ. b. 3, fols. 9-10
Contents
(fols. 9-10)
, Lanzelet (fragment: 'fragment B') Rosemary Combridge, 'Das Fragment B des 'Lanzelet' Ulrichs von Zazikhoven', Euphorion 57 (1963), 198-209
Language(s): Middle High German
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Given by Mrs. Whitmarsh, Mrs. Pratt, and Miss Lucy Swann, the nieces of Prof. J. O. Westwood; referenced 1 Nov. 1930.
MS. Germ. b. 3, fol. 15
Contents
(fol. 15)
Vienna-Munich Gospel fragments (part of Mark 9) P. F. Ganz, 'Two new Middle High German gospels fragments', German Life and Letters 16, 3-4 (April 1963), 193-197, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0483.1963.tb00718.x
Language(s): Middle High German
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
History
MS. Germ. b. 3, fol. 50
Contents
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: paper
Extent: most of one leaf
Dimensions (framgent): c. 140 × c. 100 mm.
Layout
26 long lines (on fol. 50v); written space c. 125 × c. 85 mm.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Formerly loose in MS. Don. e. 253, as fol. 37a; purchased as part of that volume by Nigel Palmer. Earlier provenance unknown.
Bequeathed by him to the Bodleian in 2022; shelfmarked April 2025.
Additional Information
Record Sources
Peter Kidd, Checklist of Western Medieval Manuscripts Acquired 1916- (typescript, c. 1996–2000)
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (2 images from 35mm slides)
Bibliography
Online resources:
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2025-04: Matthew Holford: described fol. 50; noted all medieval fragments.