A catalogue of Western manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries and selected Oxford colleges

MS. Laud Gr. 42

Summary Catalogue no.: 710

Contents

2.
Catena on Psalms
Language(s): Greek
3.
Catena on Canticles.
Language(s): Greek

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Ornamental headpiece, strips, decorated initials. (Hutter iii. 72)

History

Origin: 11th century, end – 12th century, beginning ; Byzantine, Constantinople

Provenance and Acquisition

William Laud, 1573–1645

Donated by him to the Bodleian between 1635 and 1641.

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).

Bibliography

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.