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MS. Laud Gr. 41

Summary Catalogue no.: 714

Physical Description

Composite: two parts

History

Provenance and Acquisition

William Laud, 1573–1645

Donated by him to the Bodleian between 1635 and 1641.

MS. Laud Gr. 41 – Part 1

Contents

1.
Homer, Iliad (fragment, ii.536-end)
Language(s): Greek

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper

Decoration

Ornamental strips, decorated initials. (Hutter iii. 171)

History

Origin: 14th century, middle ; Byzantine

MS. Laud Gr. 41 – Part 2

Contents

1.
Sermons
Language(s): Greek
2.
Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Iudaicae (extract, 'De martyrio SS. Maccabeorum')
Language(s): Greek
3.
Theodorus Meliteniotes, Tribiblus sacer
Language(s): Greek

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper

History

Origin: 14th century, end, and 15th century ; Byzantine

Additional Information

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Quarto Catalogue (H. O. Coxe, Catalogi codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Bodleianae pars prima recensionem codicum Graecorum continens, Quarto Catalogues I, 1883, repr. with corrections 1969). Decoration, localization and date follow Hutter (1977–1982).
Quarto Catalogue, col. 526
Quarto Catalogue, cols. 527–8
Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 1, p. 31

Bibliography

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2018-08-15: Mitch Fraas Provenance and acquisition information added using https://github.com/littlegustv/oxfordupdates/blob/master/test_case_for_oxford_prov.rb in collaboration with the Mapping Manuscript Migrations project.