MS. Laud Misc. 132
Summary Catalogue no.: 1565
Augustine, Enarrationes in Psalmos 119-133; Germany (Lorsch), 9th century, first half
Contents
Rubric for Ps. 133 omitted, fol. 73v.
Physical Description
Collation
Layout
2 cols., of typically 35-7 lines, 39 in quire 1 and 33 in quire 2. Ruled space 208-17 × 190-5 mm. , with c. 22-5 mm. between columns.
Contemporary running heads throughout.
Hand(s)
Caroline minuscule by more than one hand; fols. 1v-7v discussed by Sidney Tibbetts as an example of praescriptio, with short passages written by a 'master' followed by passages by 'students': 'Praescriptiones, Student Scribes and the Carolingian Scriptorium', La collaboration dans la production de l’écrit médiéval, ed. Herrad Spilling (Paris, 2003), 25-38 at 29-31.
Rubrics in uncial.
Decoration
Rubrics mostly in red.
2- or 3-line initials in plain ink or (less usually) red.
Contemporary and later corrections, marginal and interlinear; extensive alteratations to punctuation, especially in the earlier sections.
Binding
A standard binding of the Laudian collection, calf over pasteboards, with Laud's arms in gilt on each cover; rebacked.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Lorsch, Benedictine abbey: identifiable in the Lorsch library catalogues B, Ca and D (A. Häse, Mittelalterliche Bücherverzeichnisse aus Kloster Lorsch. Einleitung, Edition und Kommentar (2002), no. 94, p. 200) as part of a set of Augustine on the Psalms; MS. Laud Misc. 133, fols. 90-143 contains the volume with Ps. 91-100.
Eberbach, Cistercian abbey, lent at one point to the Cistercian nunnery at Dalheim. ‘Liber sancte Marie virginie \in Everbach/ concessus sanctimonialibus in dalen’, fol. 1r, 14th century, with 'in Everbach' perhaps 15th century. For the Cistercian nunnery at Dalheim see Germania Benedictina 9: Die Männer- und Frauenklöster der Benediktiner in Rheinland-Pfalz und Saarland (1999), 426-444. Identifiable as G10 in the 1502 catalogue of Eberbach, 'Sermones augustini super psalmos Initium Breuis psalmus est' (N. Palmer, Zisterzienser und ihre Bücher (1998), p. 238). The manuscript was probably removed from Lorsch to Eberbach between 1233 and 1245 while Lorsch was administered by monks from Eberbach (Palmer, p. 18).
William Laud, acquired 1638.
Part of his third donation to the Bodleian, 1639. Former shelfmarks L. 39, E. 108 (inside cover), H. 8 (fol. 1r)
MS. Laud Misc. 132 - endleaf (fol. i)
Contents
Language(s): German
Ordinances established by the abbot and convent of Eberbach for the Cistercian nunnery of Gnadenthal (near Neuss) following a visitation, dated 29 June 1458; pr. E. Sievers, Oxforder Benedictinerregel (1886-7), 41-3.
Physical Description
Layout
Long lines
Hand(s)
Cursive (bastarda)
Decoration
Initial in the ink of the text.
History
Provenance
MS. Laud Misc. 132 - endleaves (fols. 75-6)
Contents
Language(s): Latin
Tract 'Domine audivi ...' with verses 'In medio duorum animalium ...', 'Operuit celos ...', 'Deus a libano veniet ...', 'In eo dum conturbata ...' (cf. Cantus Index g02680); prayer 'Deus qui peccati ueteris hereditariam ...'; reading from Exodus; tract 'Eripe me domine ...' with verses 'Qui cogitauerunt malicias ...', 'Accuerunt linguas ...', 'Custodi me domine ...', 'Qui cogitauerunt subplantare ...', 'Et funes extenderunt ...' , 'Dixi domino ...', 'Domine domine uirtus salutis ...', 'Ne tradas me a desiderio ...', 'Caput circuitis ...', 'Veruntamen iusti ...' (Cantus Index g02431, 2431a-j); passion reading with voices (c, s, t).
The correct order is fol. 74r-v, fol. 75r-v.
Physical Description
Layout
1 col., 28 lines; ruled with a hard point; ruled space c. 230 × 160 mm.
Hand(s)
Late Caroline minuscule.
Neums.
Decoration
Rubrics
Coloured red initials.
History
Additional Information
Record Sources
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (full digital facsimile)
Bibliotheca Laureshamensis – digital (full facsimile)
Bibliography
Abbreviations
View list of abbreviations and editorial conventions.
Last Substantive Revision
2022-03-24: Description revised for publication on Digital Bodleian.