MS. Laud Misc. 177
Summary Catalogue no.: 679
Sermons; Germany, s. xiv1 (part A); Germany (Mainz, Carthusian abbey) s. xiv2 (part B); Germany, s. xivin (part C)
Physical Description
Binding
Brown tanned calf over laminated pulpboard for Abp. Laud, 1637–1639.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
The present manuscript consists of three parts, which were bound together already at the Mainz Charterhouse.
William Laud, 1573–1645: his ex libris, 1638, fol. 1r.
Given to the Bodleian as part of his third donation, dispatched on 28 June 1639.
MS. Laud Misc. 177 - Part A (fols. 1–210; 218–226)
Contents
Advent to the second Sunday in Lent. For a full itemization see Mairhofer.
The collection contains sermons resembling sermons by Henricus de Frimaria, Guilelmus de Malliaco, Thomas de Lisle, Thomas Aquinas. Many sermons are found only in this manuscript.
Including elements of a missal: some prefaces (fol. 38), canon and masses of the holy Trinity (fol. 40v), the holy Ghost, the holy Cross, the Virgin.
Second Sunday in Lent to 25th Sunday after Trinity. For a full itemization see Mairhofer.
The collection contains sermons, or resembling sermons by Odo de Chateauroux, Guilelmus de Malliaco, Gerard of Liége, Thomas de Lisle, Lucas de Bitonto, Graeculus, Willelmus Peraldus, Stephanus de Gagny, Jordanus de Quedlinburg. Some sermons found in other manuscripts, e.g. fol. 43v (see Cologne, Stadtarchiv, GB 4o 38, fol. 84r); fol. 55v (see Uppsala, UB, C 375, fol. 205r); fols. 63v, 93v (see Aschaffenburg, Hofbibl., Ms. 45, fols. 124r, 166r); fol. 67r (see Uppsala, UB, C 361, fol. 260r); 83v (see Vatican City, BAV, Vat. lat. 11524, fol. 80v); fol. 98v (see Kremsmünster, Stiftsbibl., CC 283, 122r.); 107v (see Munich, BSB, Clm 28602, fol. 127ra); fol. 110v (see Uppsala, UB, C 328, fol. 95r.). Many sermons are known only from this manuscript.
Corpus Christi to 2nd Sunday after Easter. For a full itemization see Mairhofer.
The collection contains sermons by Conradus Holtnicker. Sermon on fol. 137v similar to one in MS. Basel, UB, B IX 27, fol. 209vb.
Fols. 139r-197r 1st Advent-24th Sunday after Pentecost; fols. 197r-210v special fest days from In Assumptione BMV-De dedicatione ecclesiae; fols. 218r-226v 11th Sunday after Pentecost, 6th Sunday after Pentecost and various special feast days. For a full itemization see Mairhofer.
The collection contains sermons, or resembling sermons by Petrus de S. Benedicto, Lucas de Bitonto, John of La Rochelle, Guilelmus de Malliaco, Peregrinus de Oppeln, Jordanus de Quedlinburg, Lucas de Padua, Thomas de Lisle, Bertold of Regensburg, Guibert of Tournai, Robertus de Sorbonio, Willelmus Peraldus, Henricus de Frimaria. Some sermons found in other manuscripts, e.g. fol. 140v (see Ottobeuren, Kloster Ottobeuren, Ms. O. 39, fol. 115v); fol. 142r (see Uppsala, UB, C 398, fol. 12v); fol. 146r (see Rostock, UB, Mss. theol. 37a, fol. 266va); fol. 140v (see Uppsala, UB, C 607, fols 49vb–50r); fol. 150r (see Halle (a. S.), ULB, Qu. Cod. 122, fol. 116ra); fol. 155v (see Uppsala, UB, C 607, fols 80vb–82rb); fol. 169r (see Würzburg, UB, M.p.th.q.43, fol. 141r); fol. 170v (see Kremsmünster, Stiftsbibl., CC 280, fol. 248vb); fol. 177r (see MS. Basel, UB, B X 25, fol. 77vb); fol. 180r (see Uppsala, UB, C 351, fol. 151r); fol. 189r (see Uppsala, UB, C 16, fol. 66v); fol. 192r (see MS. Basel, UB, B IX 14, fol. 291va); fol. 193r (see Kremsmünster, Stiftsbibl., CC 280, fol. 276ra); fol. 194r (see Kremsmünster, Stiftsbibl., CC 286, fol. 182v, MSS Basel, UB, B IX 14, fol. 300rb and B X 29, fol. 27va); fol. 200r (see Uppsala, UB, C 607, fol. 72r); fol. 201r (see MS. Basel, UB, B X 37, fol. 33va); fol. 204r (see MS. Basel, UB, B X 37, fol. 80va); fol. 219r (see MSS Basel, UB, B VI 15, fol. 39v and B X 19, fol. 119rb). Many sermons are known only from this manuscript.
Physical Description
Layout
Fols. 1r–135v ruled in ink or, less frequently, in lead point, in two columns of c. 40–45 lines. Ruled space c. 130–50 × 97–105 mm.
Fols. 136r–226v ruled in faint lead point, in one column; c. 29–43 unruled lines (varying with the scribe).
Hand(s)
German textualis by seven hands, some of which write a cursive script.
Decoration
Scribal red rubrics; majuscules and, occasionally, Biblical lemmata highlighted in red.
To sermons mostly two-line initials in red and blue, with simple decoration in the contraire colour.
History
Provenance
Mainz, Cartusian abbey of St Michael: there is no ex-libris inscription from the Mainz Charterhouse; annotating hands, however, clearly connect this book with the Charterhouse.
MS. Laud Misc. 177 - Part B (fols. 211–217)
Contents
Index to Part 1, added by a younger hand.
Fols. 214br–214gv blank.
Physical Description
Layout
Ruling in ink, one column of c. 31–35 unruled lines. Ruled space c. 142–57 × 72–96 mm.
Hand(s)
Bastarda by a single hand.
Decoration
None.
History
Provenance
Mainz, Charterhouse St Michael: see above.
MS. Laud Misc. 177 - Part C (fols. 227–398)
Contents
For a full itemization see Mairhofer. The collection contains sermons by, or resembling sermons by Iacobus de Voragine, Legenda Aurea, Lucas de Bitonto, John of La Rochelle, Guibert of Tournai. Some sermons are found in other manuscripts, e.g. fol. 242v (see Munich, BSB, Clm 4635, fol. 8r); fol. 258r (see MS. Basel, UB, B IX 14, fol. 236vb); fol. 259v (see Herzogenburg, Stiftsbibl., Cod. 64, fol. 139v); fol. 261r (see Munich, UB, 8o Cod. ms. 83, fol. 170v); fol. 268r (see Uppsala, UB, C 607, fol. 82rb); fol. 269r (see Mainz, Stadtbibl., Hs I 177, fol. 303r); fol. 271r (sese MS. Basel, UB, B X 37, fol. 138vb); fol. 281r (see Kremsmünster, Stiftsbibl., CC 66, fol. 59v). Many sermons are known only from this manuscript.
For a full itemization see Mairhofer. The collection contains sermons by, or resembling sermons by Bertold of Regensburg, Conradus Holtnicker, Speculum beatae Mariae virginis, Aldobrandinus de Cavalcantibus, Leo OCist, Bonaventure. Some sermons are found in other manuscripts, e.g. fol. 313v (see Klosterneuburg, Stiftsbibl., CCl 450, no. 227); fol. 328r (see Munich, BSB, Clm 28510, fol. 109vb); fol. 331r (see MS. Basel, UB, B VIII 23, fol. 44rb); fol. 339r (see Uppsala, C 85, fol. 14r). Many sermons are known only from this manuscript.
Index
For a full itemization see Mairhofer. The collection contains sermons by, or resembling sermons by Bertold of Regensburg, Petrus de S. Benedicto, Conradus Holtnicker, Guibert of Tournai, Ps.-Bernard of Clairvaux, Planctus Mariae. Some sermons are found in other manuscripts, e.g. fol. 258r (see MS. Basel, UB, B VIII 23, fol. 89rb); fol. 371r (see MS. Laud Misc. 493, fol. 23v); fol. 388v (see MS. Basel, UB, B VIII 32, fol. 195v); fol. 389r (see MS. Basel, UB, B X 17, fol. 34r). Many sermons are known only from this manuscript.
This condensed version is presumably based on Ps.-Bonaventure’s Exposition of the mass (cf. Distelbrink 137).
For a full itemization see Mairhofer. The collection contains sermons by, or resembling sermons by Bertold of Regensburg, Nicolaus de Mediolano, Iacobus de Voragine, Legenda Aurea. Some sermons are found in other manuscripts, e.g. fol. 393r (see MS. Basel, UB, B X 3, fol. 41rb). Many sermons are known only from this manuscript.
Physical Description
Layout
Ruling in ink, in two columns (except for fols 394r–398v: one column) of mostly 33 lines. Ruled space c. 115–40 × 87–90 mm.
Hand(s)
German textualis by numerous hands, some of which write a cursive script.
Decoration
To sermons simple, mostly two-line initials in red.
Red rubrics and paraphs; majuscules highlighted in red.
History
Provenance
Mainz, Charterhouse St Michael: the 15th-century ex-libris inscription (upper margin, fol. 227r).
Additional Information
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Last Substantive Revision
2020-09-18: Description revised for Polonsky digitization project to include additional information from Mairhofer catalogue.