MS. Laud Misc. 203
Summary Catalogue no.: 823
Theological composite manuscript. A) (fols vi–70) Germany (?), s. xiiiex/xivin; B) (fols 71–82) Avignon, 1343; C) (fols 83–97) Germany, s. xiiiex/xivin; D) (fols 98–109) Avignon (?), c.1343; E) (fols 110–121) Southern France, s. xivin; F) (fols 122–135) Mainz Charterhouse, s. xvin; G) (fols 136–168) Mainz Charterhouse, s. xvin
Physical Description
Collation
Binding
Brown tanned calf over laminated pulpboard for Abp. Laud, 1637–1639.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
William Laud, 1573–1645: The present book consists of seven fascicles, which were likely put together only in the course of the Laudian binding. Ex-libris inscription, dated 1638, at the lower margin of fol. 1r.
Given to the Bodleian as part of his third donation, dispatched on 28 June 1639.
MS. Laud Misc. 203 – Part A (fols vi–70)
Contents
Fragment of a work of scholastic theology, for full description see printed catalogue. First line affected by trimming.
Unidentified theological treatise.
Physical Description
Collation
Layout
Ruling (fols 1r ff.) in hard point, one column of 22 or 23 lines. Ruled space c.145–50 × 92–97 mm.
Hand(s)
Textualis (German?), s. xiiiex/xivin, by a single hand. Fragment (item 1) written on both sides in German textualis, s. xiii, by a single hand. Annotations in hands from the Mainz Charterhouse, s. xiv or xv.
Decoration
Coloured initials in red.
Rubrication.
History
Provenance
Mainz, Carthusian abbey of St Michael: Annotations in Carthusian hands from Mainz (s. xiv or xv).
MS. Laud Misc. 203 – Part B (fols 71–82)
Contents
With appendices (ed.: G. Sölch, in Opuscula et textus ... illustrantia. Series liturgica 9 (Münster, 1940), incl. the 1st appendix; – Franz, Messe, 474f.; Little 72; Glorieux, Rép., 2aw; Schneyer, Wegweiser, 342; Hauréau, Initia, 2. 41rb–va; Kaeppeli 1990, this copy (incorrect folio nos); Bloomfield 1589, and suppl.).
Abridged text (ed.: Hauréau, Notices et extraits, 1. 209, this copy; Little 194, this copy; Glorieux, Rép., 14ec; Grabmann, Geistesleben, 3. 335; Hauréau, Initia, 5. 89ra, this copy; Bloomfield 4719, and suppl.).
(fol. 82r) Colophon by Carthusian Iohannes Arfelt, dated 30 September 1343: 'completus per Iohannem Archfelt de Esche dyaconum. Avinonensem. in die beati Ieronimi. Sub Anno domini. mo ccco xliijo.’Physical Description
Collation
Layout
Ruling in lead point, one column of c.38–47 lines. Ruled space c.173–86 × 112–14 mm.
Hand(s)
German textualis cursiva with features of bastarda, by a single hand: Iohannes Arfelt, who completed the text on 30 September 1343 in Avignon, see the colophon on fol. 82r (item 4).
Decoration
Coloured initials in red.
Rubrication.
History
Provenance
Mainz, Carthusian abbey of St Michael: Parts B and D written by Johannes Arfelt de Eschwege, who is also responsible for other manuscripts associated with the Mainz Charterhouse.
MS. Laud Misc. 203 – Part C (fols 83–97)
Contents
With appendices, see item 3. Text shorter and varies from ed.
Redaction B, excerpts (without prologue) (pr.: GW 212–217, here compared with GW 213; – Walther, IC, 9117, citing the present MS., incorrect folio nos; Schulte, GQ, 2. 427f.; Franz, Messe, 482–86; Kaeppeli 3; Bloomfield 2668, and suppl.).
Physical Description
Collation
Layout
Ruling in ink and lead point, two columns (fol. 96: one column) of c.44–47 lines. Ruled space c.157–70 × 110–17 mm.
Hand(s)
German textualis, s. xiiiex/xivin, by several hands. Annotating hand (fol. 83r) also wrote in MSS Laud Misc. 478 (C) and Laud Misc. 192.
Decoration
Coloured initials in red.
Rubrication.
History
Provenance
Mainz, Carthusian abbey of St Michael: the hand annotating on fol. 83r is also seen in other Laudian manuscripts associated with the Charterhouse.
MS. Laud Misc. 203 – Part D (fols 98–109)
Contents
With prologue and epilogue (pr.: GW 3996–4002, 3951; with commentary GW 4004–4013, with commentary by Jean Gerson GW 4014–4019; ed.: Hauréau, Bernard, 43–45; Walther, IC, 11943; Hauréau, Initia, 4. 145vb–146rb, this copy at fol. 145vb; Bloomfield suppl., 3236a; Rudolf, Ars moriendi, 59f.; cf. Stegmüller, RB, 9085).
9 moral verses by Henry of Langenstein, PS.-Bernard of Clairvaux and others unidentified. Verses itemised in printed catalogue.
Moral verses by Serlo of Wilton and others unidentified.
Physical Description
Collation
Layout
Ruling in lead point, two columns of c.37–55 unruled lines. Ruled space c.177–86 × 125–33 mm.
Hand(s)
German textualis cursiva with features of bastarda, by a single hand: Iohannes Arfelt, see part B.
Decoration
Coloured initials in red.
Rubrication.
History
Provenance
Mainz, Carthusian abbey of St Michael: Parts B and D written by Johannes Arfelt de Eschwege, who is also responsible for other manuscripts associated with the Mainz Charterhouse.
MS. Laud Misc. 203 – Part E (fols 110–121)
Contents
See item 3, text varies from ed.
[Mirabilia Romae] (pr.: Hain 11174–88, etc.; ed. H. Jordan, Topographie der Stadt Rom im Alterthum, vol. 2 (Berlin, 1871) 605–43).
(fol. 120vb) De Urbe Roma; mainly elegiac couplets, lamenting the decay of Rome.Physical Description
Collation
Layout
Ruling in lead point, two columns of 36 or 37 lines. Ruled space c.140–44 × 95–100 mm.
Hand(s)
Southern French textualis, s. xivin, by a single hand. Annotating hands of s. xv, possibly from the Mainz Charterhouse.
Decoration
Coloured initials in red and blue with pen flourishings.
Rubrication.
History
Provenance
Mainz, Carthusian abbey of St Michael: the main hand resembles the hands seen in other French manuscripts from the Charterhouse, such as MSS Laud Misc. 221 and 738, for example. The hands which annotated the fascicle may well originate from the Charterhouse.
MS. Laud Misc. 203 – Part F (fols 122–135)
Contents
With preface and prologue (Stegmüller, RB, 3166; Zumkeller 321, citing the present MS., incorrect folio nos; Bloomfield 9071, this MS., incorrect folio nos).
This exposition is attributed to Henricus de Frimaria (Stegmüller, RB, 3169 and suppl., this copy; and 9987; Stroick, Friemar, 75; Zumkeller 291, citing the present MS., incorrect folio nos).
Physical Description
Collation
Layout
Ruling in lead point; one column of 27–41 unruled lines (fols 122r–134r). Ruled space c.147–58 × 102–106 mm.
Hand(s)
Bastarda, s. xvin, in a single hand from the Mainz Charterhouse.
Decoration
Coloured initials in red and blue.
Rubrication.
History
Provenance
Mainz, Carthusian abbey of St Michael: the text hand is from the Charterhouse; see also G) Provenance below.
MS. Laud Misc. 203 – Part G (fols 136–168)
Contents
With prologue (ed.: PL 176. 925A–52B; ed. Goy, Überlieferung, 340–67, this copy at p. 356, no. 103 (incorrect folio nos); Bloomfield 4685, and suppl.; Glorieux, Migne, 68).
(fol. 136v) list of contents, on paper glued to the parchment leaf, written in a hand of s. xv from the Mainz Charterhouse. (fol. 159v) Note in a hand of s. xv from the Mainz Charterhouse at the upper margin.Excerpts (ed.: PL 40. (in the range of) 1147–58; Rudolf, Ars moriendi, 60f.; Römer ii/1. 199 (no. 34); ii/2. 275).
Physical Description
Collation
Layout
Ruling in ink, one column of (fols 137r–164r) 25–29 and (fols 164v–168r) 33 or 34 unruled lines. Ruled space c.145–50 × 101–105 mm.
Hand(s)
German textualis, s. xvin, two hands: G1) (fols 137r–164r); G2) (fols 164v–168r) from the Mainz Charterhouse. The table of contents (fol. 136v) added in a different Carthusian hand from Mainz, s. xv. In the area of hand G1 sporadic annotations in a hand of s. xv from the Charterhouse, in small script (= hand G2?).
Decoration
Coloured initials in red.
Rubrication.
(fol. 164v) blank space for an initial and guides to paraphs.
History
Provenance
Mainz, Carthusian abbey of St Michael: the 15th-cent. ex-libris inscription at the upper margin of fol. 137r: ‘Iste liber est Carthusiensium prope magunciam’. The list of contents on fol. 136v was inserted by a Carthusian hand of s. xv, from Mainz; for full listing, see printed catalogue. The works listed do not form part of MS. Laud Misc. 203, except for items 21 and 22 of part G, and, probably, items 16–18 of part F. The list suggests that fascicle G was originally much larger. Hand G2 is Carthusian, from Mainz, possibly also hand G1.
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Last Substantive Revision
2023-07-29: Description revised for Mainz digitization project to include additional information from Mairhofer catalogue.