MS. Laud Misc. 175
Summary Catalogue no.: 673
Augustine and ps.-Augustine, various works; 12th century, beginning
Contents
Language(s): Latin
See Römer, Handschrifliche Überlieferung (1972), p. 92.
See Römer, Handschrifliche Überlieferung (1972), p. 159.
1.1–4.21
ed. PL 16.389A-395A. See Drobner, "Newly identified Augustinian and pseudo-Augustinian texts ...", Augustinianum 55:2 (2015) p. 523.
Rest of fol. 18(a) blank. Fol. 18(b) recto-verso blank.
See Römer, Handschrifliche Überlieferung (1972), p. 96.
See Römer, Handschrifliche Überlieferung (1972), p. 90.
See Römer, Handschrifliche Überlieferung (1972), p. 123.
See Römer, Handschrifliche Überlieferung (1972), p. 123.
PL 209.575–8.
Cf. Augustine, De quantitate animae, 1.1 and 13.12
Items 9–11 are contemporary additions.
Physical Description
Layout
Written in 35 long lines; ruled in leadpoint. Written space 135 × 100 mm.
Hand(s)
Protogothic; several hands.
Decoration
Coloured initials; rubrics.
Binding
Reversed calf binding over laminated pulpboard for Abp. Laud, 1637–1639.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Cistercian abbey of Engelszell (founded 1293): 'Liber sancte Marie in Cella Angelorum' (fol. 85v). Dispersed at an unknown date.
Acquired in Germany during the period of the Thirty Years' War on behalf of William Laud, 1573–1645: his ex libris, 1638, fol. i verso.
Part of his third donation to the Bodleian, 1639.
Record Sources
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (full digital facsimile)
Bibliography
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Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2020-10-26: Description finalized for Polonsky German digitization project.