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MS. Laud Misc. 133

Summary Catalogue no.: 1551

Letters and sermons of Augustine and other patristic writers; Lorsch Abbey, 9th century

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: i (early modern parchment) + 157 + i (early modern parchment) + i (early modern paper) leaves
Dimensions (leaf): 315 × 245 mm.
Foliation: Modern foliation.

Collation

1–38 (fols. 1–24), 410 (fols. 25–34), 5–108 (fols. 35–82), 118–1 (8th cancelled; fols. 83–89) | 12–178 (fols. 90–137), 186 (fols. 138–143) | 194+1 (1st added; fols. 144–148), 2010–1 (1st cancelled). Quires 1–3 signed ‘Q ·i·’–‘·iii·’; 5–9 signed v–viiij; 16–17 signed v–vi.

Binding

Standard Laudian binding; brown tanned calf over laminated pulpboard. Cloth ties excised.

History

Origin: Lorsch Abbey; written there, according to Bischoff (‘Jüngerer Lorscher Stil’). Certainly there during the Cistercian interlude, 1232/34-ca. 1245 (see Palmer, Zisterzienser und ihre Bücher).

Provenance and Acquisition

Cistercian Abbey of the Virgin Mary, Eberbach. Although all three parts of the manuscript were written at Lorsch, the evidence of catalogues suggests that they were bound together at Eberbach. The 1470s Rheinischen Gesamtkatalog lists the book under the signature ‘Erb’ Ma. O 2’ (Palmer, Zisterzienser und ihre Bücher, p. 228). Inscription, ‘Liber sancte Marie virginis in Ebirbach’, 15th century (cf. MS. Laud. Misc. 107, fol. 1v). Listed in the Eberbach catalog of 1502 under the signature G 15: ‘G 15 Quedam epistoli beati augustini Item epistoli eiusdem super psalmos Initium ‘Domino sancto iuremerito ac venerabili’’ (Palmer, p. 239).

Willam Laud (1573–1645) acquired many German manuscripts plundered during the Thirty Years’ War. Inscribed, ‘Liber Guil.mi Laude archiepi. Cant. et Cancellarii vniuersit. Oxon. 1636’ (fol. 1r).

Donated to the Bodleian Library as part of Laud’s third donation, 28 June 1639. Previous shelfmarks, ‘L.25’ (on fol. ii verso) and ‘C.97 Laud.’ (upper flyleaf).

MS. Laud Misc. 133, fols. 1–89

Contents

Language(s): Latin

Augustine, Letters
(fol. 1r)
ep. 156
(fols. 1r–12r)
ep. 157
(fols. 12r–22r)
ep. 186
(fols. 22r–33r)
Augustine, Contra duas epistulas Pelagianorum book 1
Augustine, Letters
(fols. 33r–34v)
ep. 170
(fol. 35r–v)
ep. 191
(fols. 35v–47r)
ep. 194
(fols. 47r–48v)
ep. 214
(fols. 67r–83v)
Augustine, De correptione et gratia

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Layout

Ruled in drypoint, two columns of 29 lines, ruled space 220 × 170 mm.

Hand(s)

Carolingian minuscule, described by Bischoff, Lorsch im Spiegel seiner Handschriften (Munich, 1974).

Decoration

Plain initials.

History

Origin: 9th century, first half; added decoration, 12th century, first half ; Lorsch Abbey

MS. Laud Misc. 133, fols. 90–143

Contents

Language(s): Latin

Augustine, Enarrationes in Psalmos
(fols. 90r–94v)
in Ps 91
(fols. 94v–98v)
in Ps 92
(fols. 98v–111r)
in Ps 93
(fols. 111r–115v)
in Ps 94
(fols. 115v–120r)
in Ps 95
(fols. 120r–126v)
in Ps 96
(fols. 126v–128v)
in Ps 97
(fols. 128v–134r)
in Ps 98
(fols. 134r–138v)
in Ps 99
(fols. 138v–143v)
in Ps 100

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Layout

Ruled in drypoint, 29–31 long lines, ruled space 230 × 175 mm.

Hand(s)

Carolingian minuscule, described by Bischoff, Lorsch im Spiegel seiner Handschriften (Munich, 1974).

Decoration

Border (marginal sketch, fol. 143v), added in the 12th century, first half. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 1301)

Plain initials.

History

Origin: 9th century, first half ; Lorsch Abbey

MS. Laud Misc. 133, fols. 144–157

Contents

Language(s): Latin

(fols. 145r–156r)
Augustine, Sermo de pastoribus serm. 46
(fols. 156r–157v)
Augustine, Letters
(fol. 156r–v)
ep. 18
(fols. 156v–157r)
ep. 20
(fol. 157r–v)
ep. 19
(fol. 157v)
ep. 1.1–3

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Layout

Ruled in drypoint, 2 columns of 34 lines, ruled space 220 × 170 mm.

Hand(s)

Carolingian minuscule, described by Bischoff, Lorsch im Spiegel seiner Handschriften (Munich, 1974).

History

Origin: 891–893 ; Lorsch Abbey

Additional Information

Record Sources

Description adapted and revised by Andrew Dunning (May 2022) from Michael Kautz, Bibliotheca Laureshamensis (2014). Previously described in the Quarto Catalogue (H. O. Coxe, Laudian Manuscripts, Quarto Catalogues II, repr. with corrections, 1969, from the original ed. of 1858–1885). Decoration, localization and date [part 1] follow Pächt and Alexander (1973).
Quarto Catalogue, col. 132
Quarto Catalogue, cols. 133–4
Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 1, p. 66

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (full digital facsimile)
Bibliotheca Laureshamensis – digital (full facsimile)

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2022-05-24: Andrew Dunning Revised with consultation of original.