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

MS. Laud Misc. 180

Summary Catalogue no.: 483

Statuta antiqua et nova ordinis Carthusiensis. Germany, Mainz Charterhouse, s. xvin, A) (fols 1–161); B) (fols 162–207); C) (fols 208–225); D) (fols 226–271).

Physical Description

This description is abbreviated from Daniela Mairhofer, Medieval Manuscripts from the Mainz Charterhouse in the Bodleian Library, Oxford: A Descriptive Catalogue (Oxford, 2018), pp. 519–529. For purposes of scholarly citation, reference to the printed catalogue is requested.
Composite: A) (fols 1–161) || B) (fols 162–207) || C) (fols 208–225) || D) (fols 226–271)
Form: codex
Support: parchment; bookmarks, made of red-coloured leather strips, glued to the outer margins of fols 73, 138, 163, 178, 199, 208 (damaged), 226 (lost) & 263, to mark the beginning of item 2, parts 2 & 3; item 3, including parts 2 & 3, and items 4, 5 & 7.
Extent: i (17th-cent.) + 271 + i (17th-cent.) leaves
Foliation: i, 1–272, in modern (19th-cent) pencil.

Collation

A) i 1+12 | ii–xiii 12 | xiv 8-4; B) xv 12 | xvi 8+1 | xvii 8 | xviii 10-2 | xix 10-1; C) xx 8 | xxi 10; D) xxii–xxiv 12 | xxv 10.

Binding

Brown tanned calf over laminated pulpboard for Abp. Laud, 1637–1639.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Mainz, Carthusian abbey of St Michael: An assemblage of booklets, none of which carries an ex-libris inscription of the Mainz Charterhouse. To judge from script and style, however, these were all written and consolidated at the Mainz Charterhouse, in s. xvin. The concluding argument in support of Mainz Charterhouse provenance is supplied by the contents.

William Laud, 1573–1645: Ex-libris inscription of Archbp. Laud, dated 1638, at the lower half of fol. 1v.

Given to the Bodleian as part of his third donation, dispatched on 28 June 1639.

MS. Laud Misc. 180 – Part A) (fols 1–161)

Contents

1. (fol. 1r-v)
(fol. 1r) Modus legendi followed by (fol. 1v) quotation from the Decretals (3.35, 6, De statu monachorum).
Language(s): Latin
2. (fols 2r–132v, 137v–160v)
Statuta antiqua (pr. Basel, 1510); pars i, fol. 3v; pars ii, fol. 105v; pars iii, fol. 137v. For full description, see printed catalogue.
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Secundo Folio: festum accidit (fol. 4r)
Form: codex
Support: parchment; bookmarks (see above) and occasional remnants of medieval repair (stitching holes).
Dimensions (leaf): c.155–61 × 111–22 mm.

Collation

i 1+12 | ii–xiii 12 | xiv 8-4.

Layout

Ruling (fols 2r ff.) in lead point, one column of 28 lines. Ruled space c.118–25 × 76–85 mm.

Hand(s)

textualis, verging on bastarda, Mainz Charterhouse, s. xvin, by a single hand.

Decoration

Coloured initials in red.

Rubrication.

History

Origin: Early 15th century; Mainz, Carthusian abbey of St Michael

Provenance

Mainz, Carthusian abbey of St Michael: see above, and contents.

MS. Laud Misc. 180 – Part B) (fols 162–207)

Contents

3. (fols 162r–207r)
Statuta nova

With prologue (pr. Basel, 1510). For full description, see printed catalogue.

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Secundo Folio: Si duo (fol. 163r)
Form: codex
Support: parchment; bookmarks (see above).
Dimensions (leaf): c.158–60 × 117–22 mm.

Collation

xv 12 | xvi 8+1 | xvii 8 | xviii 10-2 | xix 10-1.

Layout

Ruling in ink, one column of 18–27 lines. Ruled space c.99–116 × 72–84 mm.

Hand(s)

textualis, Mainz Charterhouse, s. xvin: several hands.

Decoration

Coloured initials in red and blue.

Rubrication.

History

Origin: Early 15th century; Mainz, Carthusian abbey of St Michael

Provenance

Mainz, Carthusian abbey of St Michael: see above, and contents.

MS. Laud Misc. 180 – Part C) (fols 208–225)

Contents

4. (fols 208r–225r)
Tabula sive directorium in consuetudines tam antiquas quam novas ordinis Carthusiensis

Alphabetical table to statutes.

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Secundo Folio: Anniuersarium presente (fol. 209r)
Form: codex
Support: parchment; bookmarks (see above).
Dimensions (leaf): c.158–61 × 119–23 mm.

Collation

xx 8 | xxi 10.

Layout

Ruling in lead point; one column of 22–26 lines. Ruled space c.120–25 × 81–84 mm.

Hand(s)

textualis, verging on bastarda, Mainz Charterhouse, s. xvin, a single hand.

Decoration

Coloured initials in red.

Rubrication.

History

Origin: Early 15th century; Mainz, Carthusian abbey of St Michael

Provenance

Mainz, Carthusian abbey of St Michael: see above, and contents.

MS. Laud Misc. 180 – Part D) (fols 226–271)

Contents

5. (fols 226r–229r)
Hendrik van Kalkar, Articula pro collatione facienda

With preface (H. Rüthing, Der Kartäuser Heinrich Egher von Kalkar, 1328–1408, Veröffentlichungen des Max-Planck-Instituts für Geschichte 18. Studien zur Germania Sacra 8 (Göttingen, 1967) 104–107; BAMAT 17 (2007) 1540). These articuncula giving brief instructions for the drafting of sermons as they were delievered in the convent chapters of the Carthusians.

Language(s): Latin
6. (fols 229r–262r)

Collations and formulas for letters, excommunication and visitation. For incipits, see printed catalogue.

Language(s): Latin
7. (fols 263r–271v)
Papal privileges and letters issued to the Carthusian Order
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Secundo Folio: eleuat animam (fol. 227r)
Form: codex
Support: parchment; (fols 231 & 241) the lower right-hand corner reinforced. Bookmarks, see above.
Dimensions (leaf): c.152–58 × 118–20 mm.

Collation

xxii–xxiv 12 | xxv 10.

Layout

Ruling in ink, one column of 26 or 27 unruled lines. Ruled space c.113–18 × 85–89 mm.

Hand(s)

textualis, verging on bastarda, Mainz Charterhouse, s. xvin, a single hand.

Decoration

Coloured initials in red.

Rubrication.

History

Origin: Early 15th century; Mainz, Carthusian abbey of St Michael

Provenance

Mainz, Carthusian abbey of St Michael: see above, and contents.

Additional Information

Record Sources

See above. 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).

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (full digital facsimile)

Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    Daniela Mairhofer, Medieval Manuscripts from the Mainz Charterhouse in the Bodleian Library, Oxford: A Descriptive Catalogue, 2 vols. (Oxford, 2018), pp. 519–529
    S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 3: Rituals and Directories (typescript, 1957), p. 239

Last Substantive Revision

2023-10-15: Description revised for Mainz digitization project to include additional information from Mairhofer catalogue.