MS. Laud Misc. 183/1-2
Summary Catalogue no.: 782
Saints’ lives (mainly Legenda aurea); Liturgical supplement book. MS. Laud Misc. 183/1 (fols 1*ra–332*rb) Germany, s. xiv1/4; MS. Laud Misc. 183/2 (fols 334r-712v) Germany (Thuringia?), s. xivex/s. xvin.
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. 550-573. For purposes of scholarly citation, reference to the printed catalogue is requested.
Composite: two parts now rebound in separate volumes, MS. Laud Misc. 183/1 (fols 1*ra–332*rb) and MS. Laud Misc. 183/2 (fols 334r-712v).
History
Provenance and Acquisition
William Laud, 1573–1645: Ex-libris inscription, dated 1638, in MS. Laud Misc. 183/1 at the lower margin of fol. 4*v.
Given to the Bodleian as part of his third donation, dispatched on 28 June 1639.
MS. Laud Misc. 183/1 (fols 1*ra–332*rb)
Contents
1. (fols 1*ra–329*vb)
Lives of Saints Selection from Jacobus de Voragine, Legenda aurea, 1–178 (ed.: Graesse; Maggioni, 2 vols; – Kaeppeli 2154, this copy; Fleith, Studien, 588), with interpolations; for full details see printed catalogue.
(fols 1*ra–4*vb) list of chapters referring to both volumes (MSS Laud Misc. 183/1 and 183/2).(fol. 5*ra)
Rubric: Incipiunt flores siue nouum passionale
LA prologue, the beginning slightly longer.
(fol. 5*va)
Adventus dni (LA 1). (fol. 9*ra)
Andreas (LA 2). (fol. 12*vb)
Nicolaus (LA 3). (fol. 16*rb)
Lucia (LA 4). (fol. 17*va)
Barbara (AB 102 (1984) 170). (fol. 17*va)
Thomas ap. (LA 5). (fol. 20*rb)
Thomas ap. (incipit cf. BHL 8146, and also AB 102 (1984) 376). (fol. 21*rb)
Tempus reconciliationis et peregrinationis (fol. 21*rb)
Nativitas dni (LA 6). (fol. 24*va)
Nativitas dni. (fol. 25*ra)
Anastasia (LA 7). (fol. 25*vb)
Stephanus (LA 8). (fol. 28*rb)
Iohannes ap. (LA 9). (fol. 30*va)
Innocentes martyres (LA 10). (fol. 32*ra)
Thomas ep. Cantuariensis (LA 11). (fol. 33*va)
Silvester (LA 12). (fol. 37*va)
Circumcisio dni (LA 13). (fol. 40*va)
Epiphania dni (LA 14). (fol. 43*rb)
Paulus erem. (LA 15). (fol. 44*ra)
Remigius (LA 16). (fol. 44*vb)
Hilarius (LA 17. 1–43). (fol. 45*va)
Macarius (LA 18. 1–3; 5–61). (fol. 46*rb)
Felix presb. Romanus (LA 19). (fol. 46*vb)
Marcellus (LA 20); text shortened. (fol. 47*ra)
Antonius ab. (LA 21). (fol. 48*vb)
Fabianus (LA 22. 1–7). Sebastianus (LA 23).
(fol. 51*ra)
Agnes (LA 24). (fol. 52*vb)
Vincentius (LA 25). (fol. 54*rb)
Basilius (LA 26). (fol. 56*va)
Iohannes Eleemosynarius (LA 27). (fol. 59*va)
Conversio s. Pauli (LA 28). (fol. 60*rb)
Iulianus hospitator seu paenitens (LA 30). (fol. 62*va)
Tempus deviationis (Maggioni 1, p. 219). Septuagesima (LA 31).
(fol. 63*rb)
Sexagesima (LA 32). (fol. 63*vb)
Quinquagesima (LA 33). (fol. 64*rb)
Quadragesima (LA 34). (fol. 65*rb)
Ieiunia quatuor temporum (LA 35). (fol. 65*vb)
Ignatius (LA 36). (fol. 67*ra)
Purificatio BMV (LA 37). (fol. 71*rb)
Blasius (LA 38). (fol. 72*va)
Agatha (LA 39). (fol. 74*rb)
Vedastus (LA 40). (fol. 74*va)
Amandus (LA 41). (fol. 75*ra)
Valentinus (LA 42). (fol. 75*va)
Iuliana (LA 43). (fol. 76*ra)
Cathedra s. Petri (LA 44. 1–96). (fol. 78*ra)
Matthias ap. (LA 45). (fol. 80*rb)
Gregorius (LA 46. 1–286). (fol. 86*va)
Longinus (LA 47). (fol. 86*vb)
Benedictus (LA 48. 1–168). (fol. 90*rb)
Patricius (LA 49). (fol. 91*va)
Annuntiatio dominica (LA 50). (fol. 94*rb)
Passio dni (LA 51). (fol. 99*vb)
Tempus reconciliationis (Maggioni 1, p. 355). (fol. 100*ra)
Resurrectio dni (LA 52). (fol. 104*vb)
Ambrosius (LA 55. 1–211). (fol. 109*ra)
Maria Aegyptiaca (LA 54). (fol. 110*rb)
Georgius (LA 56. 1–137).’ (fol. 112*rb)
Marcus ev. (LA 57. 1–77; 123–140). (fol. 114*ra)
Vitalis (LA 59). (fol. 114*va)
Marcellinus (LA 58). (fol. 114*vb)
Philippus (LA 62. 1–19). (fol. 115*ra)
Iacobus ap. (LA 63. 1–7; 9–189). (fol. 118*vb)
Inventio s. crucis (LA 64). (fol. 122*rb)
Alexander (in most parts identical with Acta SS., Martyrologium Usuardinum, p. 250 and Acta SS., Martyrologium Romanum, p. 169; – AB 102 (1984) 166). (fol. 122*va)
Iohannes ante portam latinam (LA 65). (fol. 123*ra)
Letania maior et minor (LA 66). (fol. 124*vb)
Ascensio dni (LA 67). (fol. 128*rb)
Emissio spiritus sancti (LA 68). (fol. 132*vb)
Athanasius (in most parts identical with Acta SS., Martyrologium Usuardinum, p. 248 and Acta SS., Martyrologium Romanum, p. 168; – AB 102 (1984) 169). (fol. 132*vb)
Victor Maurus (in most parts identical with Acta SS., Martyrologium Usuardinum, p. 260 and Acta SS., Martyrologium Romanum, p. 178; – AB 102 (1984) 378). (fol. 132*vb)
Gordianus (LA 69). (fol. 133*ra)
Nereus et Achilleus (LA 70. 1–5; 7–20). (fol. 133*va)
Pancratius (LA 71). (fol. 134*ra)
Servatius (in most parts identical with Acta SS., Martyrologium Usuardinum, p. 270 and Acta SS., Martyrologium Romanum, p. 186; – AB 102 (1984) 373). (fol. 134*ra)
Desiderius (shortened version of Acta SS. Maii V (1685) 243A; see also Acta SS., Martyrologium Usuardinum, p. 290 and Acta SS., Martyrologium Romanum, p. 202). (fol. 134*ra)
Tempus peregrinationis (Maggioni 1, p. 515). (fol. 134*rb)
Urbanus (LA 72. 1–21). (fol. 134*va)
Petronella (LA 73) (fol. 134*vb)
Primus et Felicianus (LA 75). (fol. 135*rb)
Barnabas (LA 76). (fol. 137*ra)
Vitus et Modestus (LA 77). (fol. 137*vb)
Marina (LA 79). (fol. 138*ra)
Gervasius et Prothasius (LA 80). (fol. 138*vb)
Acacius et socii 10000 (Decem milia martyrum) (LA app. 183 (178)). (fol. 139*rb)
Iohannes Baptista (LA 81). (fol. 142*vb)
Iohannes et Paulus (LA 82). (fol. 144*ra)
Leo papa (LA 83). (fol. 144*va)
Petrus ap. (LA 84). (fol. 149*vb)
Paulus ap. (LA 85). (fol. 156*vb)
Udalricus (W. Wolf, Von der Ulrichsvita zur Ulrichslegende, PhD diss. (Munich, 1967) 45, quoting Munich, BSB, Clm 14565; incipit see Berno of Reichenau, Vita s. Udalrici (ed.: PL 142. 1185A–B; ed. K.-E. Geith, Albert von Augsburg. Das Leben des Heiligen Ulrich, Quellen und Forschungen zur Sprach- und Kulturgeschichte der germanischen Völker NF 39 (Berlin & New York, 1971) 23f.; – BHL 8362–65). (fol. 158*va)
Benedicti translatio (AB 102 (1984) 171). (fol. 159*vb)
Arsenius (LA 174). (fol. 160*va)
Beda (incipit see AB 102 (1984) 171). (fol. 160*vb)
Margarita seu Marina (LA 89). (fol. 162*ra)
Cirycus et Iulitta (LA 78. 1–18; (fol. 163*r, singleton) 19–28). (fol. 162*va)
Felicitas cum septem filiis (Septem fratres) (LA 86). (fol. 162*vb)
Alexius (LA 90). (fol. 165*rb)
Praxedis (LA 91. 3–5). (fol. 165*va)
Maria Magdalena (LA 92). (fol. 170*ra)
Apollinaris ep. (LA 93). (fol. 170*vb)
Christina (LA 94. 1–61). (fol. 171*vb)
Iacobus maior (LA 95). (fol. 175*va)
Christophorus (LA 96). (fol. 177*va)
Nazarius et Celsus (LA 98. 1–11; 14–67). (fol. 178*va)
Simplicius, Faustinus et Beatrix (LA 100. 5–15). (fol. 178*vb)
Abdon et Sennen (LA 102. 1–6). Ad vincula s. Petri (LA 106. 1–122, (fol. 182*r) 123).
(fol. 181*rb)
Machabaei (LA 105), with additional text on fol. 182*r–v. (fol. 181*va)
Stephanus papa (LA 107). (fol. 181*vb)
Inventio s. Stephani protomartyris (LA 108). (fol. 184*vb)
Dominicus (LA 109. 1–298). (fol. 188*vb)
Sixtus II. papa (LA 110). (fol. 189*ra)
Donatus (LA 111). (fol. 190*ra)
Cyriacus, Largus et Maximianus (LA 112). (fol. 190*vb)
Laurentius (LA 113). (fol. 196*rb)
Hippolytus (LA 114). (fol. 197*vb)
Eusebius (LA 104), text shortened. (fol. 198*rb)
Assumptio BMV (LA 115. 1–315). (fol. 204*rb)
Bernardus (LA 116, followed by miracle) (fol. 209*va)
Timotheus (LA 117). Symphorianus (LA 118).
(fol. 210*ra)
Bartholomaeus (LA 119). (fol. 213*vb)
Augustinus (LA 120. 1–419). (fol. 222*ra)
Decollatio s. Iohannis Baptistae (LA 121). (fol. 225*rb)
Aegidius (LA 123. 1–34). (fol. 226*rb)
Nativitas BMV (LA 127. 1–180). (fol. 230*vb)
Hadrianus et soc. (LA 128). (fol. 232*va)
Gorgonius et Dorotheus (LA 129). (fol. 232*vb)
Protus et Hyacinthus (LA 130). (fol. 233*va)
Exaltatio s. crucis (LA 131). (fol. 236*ra)
Cornelius (LA 133). (fol. 236*va)
Lambertus (cf. LA 135 and Mombritius 2. 92 (BHL p. 700, no. 7: Epitomae)). (fol. 236*vb)
Euphemia (LA 134). (fol. 237*va)
Eustachius (Placidus) (LA 157). (fol. 240*rb)
Matthaeus ap. (LA 136). (fol. 242*va)
Mauritius (LA 137). (fol. 244*rb)
Iustina (LA 138. 1–102; 104). (fol. 246*ra)
Cosmas et Damianus (LA 139). (fol. 247*rb)
Michael (LA 141). (fol. 252*ra)
Hieronymus (LA 142). (fol. 254*va)
Remigius (LA 143. 1–42). (fol. 255*rb)
Franciscus (LA 145. 1–259). (fol. 259*vb)
Dionysius, Rusticus et Eleutherius (LA 149. 1–134). (fol. 262*vb)
Chrysanthus et Daria (LA 153. 1–17). (fol. 263*ra)
Calixtus (LA 150) (fol. 263*va)
Leonardus (LA 151). (fol. 265*rb)
Gallus (incipit cf. Walahfrid Strabo, Vita s. Galli, 1. 1 (ed.: PL 114. 979B; ed. B. Krusch, MGH SS. rer. Merov. 4 (1902) 285, ll. 14ff.; ed.: Mombritius 1. 558, ll. 24ff.; – BHL 3247ff.) (fol. 266*vb)
Lucas (LA 152). (fol. 270*rb)
Undecim milia virginum (Ursula et sociae) (LA 154). (fol. 272*ra)
Simon et Iudas (LA 155. 1–135). (fol. 274*va)
Quintinus (LA 156. 1–9). (fol. 274*vb)
Omnes sancti (LA 158). (fol. 278*vb)
Commemoratio omnium fidelium defunctorum (LA 159). (fol. 285*ra)
Quatuor coronati (LA 160); text completed on the verso of the preceding singleton (fol. 284*v). (fol. 285*rb)
Martinus (LA 162). (fol. 289*va)
Briccius (LA 163). (fol. 290*ra)
Caecilia (LA 165). (fol. 292*vb)
Elisabeth (fol. 294*rb)
Clemens (LA 166). (fol. 299*ra)
Chrysogonus (LA 167). (fol. 299*va)
Katherina (LA 168. 1–198). (fol. 303*rb)
Barlaam et Iosaphat (LA 176). (fol. 309*vb)
Pastor (LA 171). (fol. 310*vb)
Iohannes Colobus (LA 172). (fol. 311*ra)
Moyses (LA 173). (fol. 311*va)
Agathon (LA 175). (fol. 312*ra)
Dedicatio ecclesiae (LA 178). (fol. 317*va)
Conradus ep. (fol. 318*ra)
Martha (LA 101). (fol. 319*vb)
Septem dormientes (LA 97). (fol. 321*va)
Germanus (LA 103. 1–74). (fol. 322*rb)
Brigida (LA app. 203 (200)). (fol. 322*vb)
Albanus (ed.: Acta SS. Oct. XIII (1883) 337F–38B; – Hardy, Materials, 1. 78, this copy; AB 102 (1984) 166 (explicit here longer)). (fol. 323*rb)
Kilianus (ed.: Emmerich 26f. (BHL p. 696, no. 5: Epitome); – incipit see AB 102 (1984) 355). (fol. 323*va)
Afra (incipit cf. Acta SS. Aug. II (1735) 55A; B. Krusch MGH SS. rer. Merov. 3 (1896) 55, ll. 3ff.; Mombritius 1. 31 (BHL 108/09); – AB 102 (1984) 165). (fol. 324*rb)
Magnus (Magnoaldus) (BHL 5164; the text is an extract of Acta SS. Sept. II (1748) 753A–755C (BHL 5162)). (fol. 325*ra)
Columbanus (fol. 325*vb)
Quiriacus (Iudas) (incipit cf. BHL 7023; BHL suppl. and BHL nov. suppl. 7025a & e) (fol. 326*rb)
Crispinus et Crispinianus (incipit see BHL 1992) (fol. 327*ra)
Oswaldus (BHL 6371; incipit see also AB 102 (1984) 366). Final rubric: Explicit nouum passionale
Language(s): Latin
2. (fols 330*ra–332*rb)
Tabula to MS. Laud Misc. 183/2.
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Secundo Folio: indigebamus et (fol. 6*ra)
Form: codex
Support: parchment; remnants of medieval repair (stitching holes). Three parchment slips incorporated, containing originally omitted portions of text; a hand writing in textualis, s. xvin, in pale brown ink, is responsible for the text on the first two slips; the text on the last slip written in textualis of s. xivex. Rust mark/hole in the lower left-hand margin, from a corner boss of a previous binding.
Extent: i (17th cent.) + 33 + i (modern) leaves
Dimensions (leaf): c.223–35 × 145–52 mm.
Foliation: i, 1*–334*, in 19th-cent. pencil. (fols 5*v–144*v) Contemporary foliation in red lower-case roman numerals at the upper centre of the versos; (fols 145*v ff.) foliation continued in a different, but contemporary hand in brown ink, at the top centre of (fols 145*v and 146*v) versos, (fols 147*r–328*r) rectos, incorrectly starting with ‘Cli’.
Collation
i 4 | ii–xiv 12 | xv and xvi 12+1 | xvii–xxiv | xxv 12+1 | xxvi and xxvii 12 | xxviii 12-2 | xxix 6-2.
Layout
Ruling (fols 5*ra–329*vb) in ink, two columns of 38 lines. Ruled space c.124–28 × 90–92 mm.
Hand(s)
German textualis, s. xiv1/4, by a single hand. Marginal annotations, corrections and rubrication guides in hand of scribe. Additions in contemporary and later hands, including a hand of s.xivex responsible for medieval foliation (fols 145*v ff.) also writing in Latin and German (fol. 159*r), and a hand of s. xv from the Charterhouse (fols 6*r–332*r).
Decoration
(fol. 5*ra) Flourished initial in red and blue.
Coloured initials in red and blue.
Rubrication.
Binding
Brown tanned calf over laminated pulpboard for Archbp. Laud, 1637–1639
History
Origin: 14th century, first quarter ; Germany. MS. Laud Misc. 183/1 forms together with MS. Laud Misc. 183/2 a two-volume set.
Provenance
Mainz, Carthusian abbey of St Michael: the 15th-cent. ex-libris inscription at the upper margin of fol. 5*r: ‘Iste liber est Carthusiensium prope magunciam’.
MS. Laud Misc. 183/2 (fols 334r-712v)
Contents
1. (fols 334r–712v)
Offices and legends of saints The present book mainly contains Lessons of the Saints, with occasional cues from the breviary, but not always in calendar order and therefore preceeded by an index, for which see MS. Laud Misc. 183/1, fols 1ra–4vb, where a hand of s. xiv ex listed the saints’ names of both volumes, in alphabetical order. Legends often terminate with ‘Tu autem [domine, miserere nobis]’, as if they were lessons; others, such as those on fol. 489r and elsewhere, have been subsequently divided into lessons by Carthusian hands from Mainz. The feast of the Five Wounds on fol. 410r (Friday after Corpus Christi) is kept at this time in a 14th-cent. manuscript from Thuringia (see AH 24. 20). Not a liturgical book itself, the rather unusal contents of MS. Laud Misc. 183/2 suggests that it was written to supplement a liturgical book, that is a breviary.
For full details of contents, consult printed catalogue.
(fol. 334r)
Erhardus (fol. 338r)
Secundina (fol. 338v)
Prisca (fol. 340v)
Emerentiana (fol. 341r)
Marcellus (fol. 341v)
Prisca (fol. 342r)
Secundina (fol. 343v)
Polycarpus (fol. 344v)
John Chrysostom (fol. 345r)
Valerius (fol. 346v)
Perpetua et Felicitas (fol. 347v)
Timotheus (fol. 348v)
Scholastica (fol. 349v)
Dorothea (fol. 351v)
Apollonia (fol. 352r)
Gertrudis Bilihildis
(fol. 355r)
Waldburgis (fol. 355v)
Allexander (fol. 356v)
Maximus (fol. 357v)
Maria Iacobi et Maria Salome (fol. 358r)
Martialis (fol. 359v)
Potentiana Processus et Marcianus
(fol. 360r)
Nivis (fol. 361r)
Ludovicus (fol. 362r)
Rufus (fol. 362v)
Agatius et soc. (fol. 364v)
Eucharius (fol. 365r)
Lucia et Geminiana (fol. 365v)
Leodegarius (fol. 366v)
Quintinus (fol. 368v)
Tiburtius (fol. 369v)
Abraham, Isaac et iacob (fol. 370v)
Heinricus (fol. 372r)
Probus et soc. (fol. 372v)
Petrus exorcista (fol. 373v)
Nativitas Secundini (fol. 375r)
Lupus (fol. 375v)
Mamertus (fol. 377r)
Felix presb. (fol. 378v)
Horteus (fol. 380r)
Thais (fol. 381v)
Theodora (fol. 383r)
Petrus Martyr (fol. 386r)
Panthaleon (fol. 387v)
Pelagius (fol. 389v)
Friedhelmus (fol. 390r)
Agricola (fol. 391r)
Cerbonius (fol. 392r)
Servatius (fol. 393v)
Saturninus (fol. 394v)
Agapitus Trinitas
(fol. 395v)
Fer. 2 (fol. 396r)
Fer. 3 (fol. 396v)
Fer. 4 (fol. 397r)
Fer. 5 (fol. 397v)
Sabb. (fol. 398r)
Trinitas (fol. 398v)
blank.
(fol. 399r)
Corpus Christi (fol. 401r)
Infra octav. (fol. 410r)
Five Wounds (fol. 415v)
Bonifatius et soc. (fol. 418r)
Proiectus (fol. 418v)
Iohannes patriarcha (fol. 419r)
Iulianus Gothardus
(fol. 419v)
Apparitio s. Michaelis (fol. 420r)
Wilhelmus (fol. 421r) (alter)
Bonifatius (fol. 421v)
Brandanus (fol. 422v)
Iulita et filia (fol. 423r)
Sophia et filiae (fol. 423v)
Imago Sophiae (fol. 424r)
Iosaphat (fol. 429v)
Processus et Martinianus (fol. 430r)
Hermes (fol. 430v)
Gorgonius (fol. 431r)
Nicomedus sive Dedicatio ecclesiae (fol. 431v)
Lucia, Geminianus et Euphemia (fol. 432r)
Maternus (fol. 433r)
Regina (fol. 433v)
Cornelius (fol. 434r)
Cyprianus (fol. 435r)
Hebdomada nativitatis BMV (fol. 439r)
Octava nativitatis BMV (fol. 441r)
Barbara (fol. 443v)
Anna mater (fol. 444v)
Conceptio BMV (fol. 446r)
Commemoratio BMV (fol. 447r)
Tiburtius et Valerius (fol. 447v)
Iohannes ante portam Latinam (fol. 448v)
Nereus, Achilleus et Pancratius (fol. 449r)
Marcellinus et Petrus (fol. 450r)
Marcus et Marcellinus (fol. 451r)
Aureus et Iustina (fol. 452r)
Anna mater (fol. 454r)
Gervasius et Prothasius Divisio apostolorum
(fol. 455r)
Praxedis (fol. 455v)
Pantaleon (fol. 456r)
Felix, Simplicius, Faustus et Beatrix (fol. 456v)
Abdon et Sennen (fol. 457r)
Stephanus papa (fol. 460r)
Felix et Audacter (fol. 460v)
Victor et soc. (fol. 461v)
Severinus (fol. 462r)
Theonestus (fol. 462v)
Quatuor coronati (fol. 463r)
Theodorus (fol. 463v)
Othmarus (fol. 464r)
Crisogonus (fol. 464v)
Thecla (fol. 465r)
Mercurius (fol. 465v)
Saturninus (fol. 466r)
Chrysanthus Daria
(fol. 466v)
Damasus Odilia
(fol. 468r)
Iodocus (fol. 471v)
Gangolfus (fol. 472v)
Pancratius (fol. 473r)
Tiburtius et Valerius (fol. 474r)
Quirinus (fol. 474v)
Theobaldus (fol. 475r)
Goar (fol. 475v)
Arbogastus (fol. 476r)
Willebaldus (fol. 476v)
Arnolfus Castor
(fol. 477v)
Albinus (fol. 478r)
Iustinus (fol. 478v)
Iustus (fol. 479r)
Iustinus (fol. 479v)
blank, except for ruling.
(fol. 480r)
Romanus (fol. 480v)
Magnus (fol. 482v)
Valerianus (fol. 483r)
Priscus (fol. 483v)
Paulinus (fol. 484r)
Wenceslaus (fol. 484v)
Reparata (fol. 485r)
Pelagia (fol. 485v)
Pirminius (fol. 486r)
Mennas (fol. 487r)
Eugenia (fol. 487v)
Eulalia (fol. 488r)
Lubentius (fol. 489r)
Mauri (fol. 490r)
Ferrucius (fol. 490v)
Narcissus (fol. 491v)
Caesarius (fol. 492r)
Willebrodus (fol. 493r)
Martinus (fol. 493v)
Marius et Martha (fol. 494r)
Cunibertus (fol. 494v)
Wigpertus (fol. 495r)
Vandali (fol. 496v)
Guido (fol. 497r)
Gandolphus (fol. 500r)
Helena (fol. 500v)
Gertrudis (fol. 501r)
Georgius (fol. 511r)
Silvester (fol. 525v)
Irenaeus et Alexa (fol. 526v)
Thecla (fol. 528v)
Castor (fol. 529r)
Emmerammus (fol. 530r)
Wigbertus (fols 531r–548v)
Evangelium Nicodemi (Gesta Pilati)Version A (1. 1–2. 11) with Epistola Pilati ad Claudium, and Cura sanitatis Tiberii
(fols 549r–558r)
, Interrogatio sancti Anselmi de passione domini (fol. 558v)
blank.
(fol. 559r)
Verena (fol. 559v)
Euphemia (fol. 562r)
Sergius et Bacchus (fol. 563r)
Domitilla (fol. 564v)
Erasmus (fol. 566r)
Severus (fol. 567r)
Antiochia (fol. 570r)
Petrus venerabilis (fol. 572v)
Iacobus mart. (fol. 575r)
Translatio s. Thomae Cantuariensis (fol. 576v)
Carolus Magnus (fol. 580v)
Basilides (fol. 582r)
Translatio s. Martini (fol. 583v)
Cyborius (fol. 585v)
Alexander, Euentius et Theodorus (fol. 589r)
Anastasius (fol. 589v)
Alexander (fol. 590r)
Albanus (fol. 591v)
Symphorosa cum vii filiis (fol. 592r)
Maxima, Donatilla et Secunda (fol. 593r)
Flora (fol. 594v)
Genesius (fol. 597r)
Tres fratres (fol. 597v)
Felicitas cum vii filiis (fol. 599r)
Antoninus (fol. 600r)
Rupertus (fol. 601r)
Ferreolus (fol. 602r)
Paternus (fol. 605r)
Reparata (fol. 606v)
Clara (fol. 609v)
Sabina (fol. 610v)
Regina (fol. 611v)
Commemoratio BMV (fol. 613v)
Conceptio BMV (fol. 616r)
Iustinus (fol. 619r)
Praxedis (fol. 620v)
Arbogastus (fol. 623r)
Margareta (fol. 630v)
Elegius (fol. 636r)
Arsenius (fol. 641r)
Albanus (fol. 645r)
Theonestus (fol. 648r)
Canticum Isaiae (Is 33:2–62:7) (fol. 651r)
Commemoratio BMV (fol. 653v)
Cuthbertus (fol. 654r)
Theodoricus (fol. 654v)
Eleutherius (fol. 655r)
Symeon (fol. 656r)
Medardus (fol. 657v)
Goar (fol. 661r)
Lullus (fol. 662r)
Furseus (fol. 663v)
Adalheidis (fol. 670v)
Victorinus (fol. 672r)
Paula (fol. 675v)
Sibylla (fols 676r, l. 26–677r)
blank, except for ruling and foliation.
(fol. 677v)
Sinitteria (fol. 683r)
Mansuetus (fol. 683v)
Conceptio Iohannis Baptistae (fol. 687r)
Maximinus et Maximianus (fol. 688v)
Notburgis (fol. 692r)
Beatus (fol. 694r)
Hermolaus (fol. 695v)
Arnulfus (fol. 696v)
Onuphrius (fol. 699r)
Hugo Lincolniensis (fol. 703r)
Thomas Aquinas (fol. 707v, ll. 13ff.)
blank, except for ruling.
(fol. 708r)
Anna (fol. 712v, l. 12–714v)
blank, except for ruling, and the ex-libris inscription of the Mainz Charterhouse at the head of fol. 714v (see Provenance, 2).
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Secundo Folio: divini cultorem
Form: codex
Support: parchment; infrequently stitching preserved, in natural-coloured thread, or remnants thereof (stitching holes). Three contemporary parchment slips incorporated, written in the text hands; these are all foliated. (fol. 714). Remnants of previous binding furniture: rust marks, from corner bosses and fore-edge catch or anchor plates.
Extent: i (modern) + 381 leaves
Dimensions (leaf): c.166–69 × 115–25 mm.
Foliation: i, 334–714, in modern (20th-cent.) pencil. Contemporary foliation 1–370 at or near the top centre of rectos, mostly in red, supplied by one hand.
Collation
i 10-3 | ii 8 | iii 6 | iv 10 | v 12-1 | vi 12 | vii 14-1 | viii 10 | ix 12-1 | x 10 | xi 10-1 | xii (11-1)+2 | xiii 18-4 | xiv 14-1 | xv and xvi 10 | xvii 8 | xviii 2 | xix and xx 10 | xxi 8 | xxii 12-2 | xxiii 10 | xxiv 8 | xxv 12-1 | xxvi 14-3 | xxvii and xxviii 14 | xxix and xxx 10 | xxxi and xxxii 12-1 | xxxiii–xxxviii 8 | xxxix 10-3 | xl 2-1.
Layout
Ruling in lead point and ink, one column of c.26–29 lines. Ruled space c.115–25 × 80–86 mm.
Hand(s)
German textualis, s. xivex/xvin, by several hands. Occasional corrections and marginalia in the text hands and in various contemporary hands, some of which can be located at the Mainz Charterhouse.
Decoration
Coloured initials in red.
Rubrication.
Binding
Brown tanned calf over laminated pulpboard for Archbp. Laud, 1637–1639
History
Origin: Late 14th century/ early 15th century ; Germany, possibly Thuringia to judge from script and contents. MS. Laud Misc. 183/2 forms together with MS. Laud Misc. 183/1 a two-volume set.
Provenance
Mainz, Carthusian abbey of St Michael: the 15th-cent. ex-libris inscription at the upper right- hand margin of fol. 334r: ‘Iste liber est Carthusiensium moguncie’.
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 (MS. Laud Misc. 183/1, full digital facsimile)
Digital Bodleian (MS. Laud Misc. 183/2, full digital facsimile)
Bibliography
Published descriptions:
Daniela Mairhofer, Medieval Manuscripts from the Mainz Charterhouse in the Bodleian Library, Oxford: A Descriptive Catalogue, 2 vols. (Oxford, 2018), pp. 550-573.
Abbreviations
View list of abbreviations and editorial conventions.
Last Substantive Revision
2023-07-21: Description revised for Mainz digitization project to include additional information from Mairhofer catalogue.