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MS. Laud Misc. 221

Summary Catalogue no.: 955

Theological composite manuscript. A) (fols 1–77) France, s. xiiiex/xivin; B) (fols 78–95) France, s. xivin; C) (fols 96–111) France (?), s. xiiex; D) (fols 112–128) Southern France, s. xivin.

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. 771–723. For purposes of scholarly citation, reference to the printed catalogue is requested.
Composite: A) (fols 1–77) || B) (fols 78–95) || C) (fols 96–111) || D) (fols 112–128)
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: iii (17th-cent.) + 129 +ii (17th-cent.) leaves
Foliation: i–iii, 1–130, in modern (19th-cent.) pencil; the 15th-cent. paper strip inserted between fols 79/80 foliated ‘80*’.

Collation

A) i–v 12 | vi 8-1 | vii 10; B) viii 12 | ix 4-2 (?) | x 4; C) xi & xii 8; D) xiii 12 | xiv 6-1.

Binding

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

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Mainz, Carthusian abbey of St Michael: MS. Laud Misc. 221 consists of four different Charterhouse books; presumably all of these originate from France. At least parts B–D were already bound together in the 15th century at the Charterhouse, as evidenced by quire signatures.

William Laud, 1573–1645: Ex-libris inscription of Archbp. Laud, dated 1638, at the lower margin of fol. iii verso.

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

MS. Laud Misc. 221 – Part A) (fols 1–77)

Contents

1. (fols 1ra–76va)
Johannes de Rupella, Summa de vitiis

With prologue (unpr.; Little 61, citing the present MS., & 207; P. Minges, ‘De scriptis quibusdam fr. Ioannis de Rupella Ord. Fr. Min. (1245)’, AFH 6 (1913) 597–622, at pp. 608–11, citing the present MS. at pp. 609 (no. 7) & 610; Glorieux, Rép., 302d, citing the present MS.; S. Wenzel, ‘The Seven Deadly Sins: some problems of research’, Speculum 43 (1968) 1–22, this copy at pp. 3, n. 8 & 5, n. 19; Bloomfield 1250, and suppl., both citing the present MS.; J. G. Bougerol, ‘Jean de La Rochelle: les oeuvres et les manuscrits’, AFH 87 (1994) 205–15, at p. 209, this copy).

(fol. 76va–vb) list of chapter titles.
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Secundo Folio: qualiter corruptio (fol. 2ra)
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Dimensions (leaf): c. 242–44 × 172–79 mm.
Foliation: (fols 1r–76r) contemporary foliation at the top centre, in arabic numerals.

Collation

i–v 12 | vi 8-1 | vii 10.

Layout

Ruling in lead point, two columns of typically 56 lines. Ruled space c.195–202 × 121–27 mm.

Hand(s)

French textualis, s. xiiiex/xivin, by a single scribe. Marginal annotations and corrections by the scribe and a contemporary hand; the list of chapters on fol. 76va–vb added in a hand of s. xv from the Mainz Charterhouse.

Decoration

Flourished initials in red and blue.

Rubrication.

History

Origin: Late 13th century/Early 14th century ; France

Provenance

Mainz, Carthusian abbey of St Michael: the 15th-cent. ex-libris inscription at the upper right-hand margin of fol. 1r, following the title: ‘... et pertinet ad fratres Cartusienses prope mag⟨untiam⟩’, affected by trimming; the late 14th-cent. ex-libris inscription at the upper margin of fol. 76v: ‘Iste liber est fratrum cartusiensium iuxta magunciam’; and, in the same hand, at the upper margin of fol. 77v: ‘Iam est liber Cartusiensium maguncie’. Below, in a different hand: ‘Iste liber pertinet ad dominum Guntherum Onikonem sacerdotem et cappellanum in castro lare prope northusen Moguntie dyocesis. quia dominus henricus de pholde. olim prepositus ecclesie Jech. legauit sibi eundem librum in Curia auinionensi romana in remedium anime sue. anno domini Mo. ccco lxxiiijo. xxiij. die mensis Iulii.’ According to this inscription, fascicle A once belonged to Guntherus Onikon, priest and chaplain at castle Lohra near Nordhausen (‘Northusen’), diocese of Mainz; Henricus de Pholde, who had formerly been in charge of the church in Jech, had bequeathed it to him, for the salvation of his soul, at the Curia Romana in Avignon, 23 July 1374. Identifiable as D XXIII T in cat. ii.

MS. Laud Misc. 221 – Part B) (fols 78–95)

Contents

2. (fols 78r–92r)
Regula canonicorum,

= Concilium Aquisgranense, a. 816, prologue, introductory part of the Regula preceding cap. 114, cap. 115–145 (= epilogue) (ed. A. Werminghoff, MGH Conc. 2,1 (1906) 312–13 (prologue); 394, l. 21–30; 397–421); = Ps.-Amalarius of Metz, Institutio canonicorum. With prologue.

(fol. 80*) A 15th-cent. paper slip inserted at the Mainz Charterhouse between fols 79 & 80, with a note of contents on the recto. For transcription, see printed catalogue.
Language(s): Latin
3. (fols 92r–95r)
Regula S. Augustini ad servos dei (ed.: PL 32. 1377–84; L. Verheijen, La Règle de saint Augustin, I: tradition manuscrite (Paris, 1967) 417–37, citing the present MS. at pp. 21 & 233 (siglum ‘43A’); – D. de Bruyne, loc. cit., 326–42; Römer ii/1. 163 (no. 56); ii/2. 275; CPPM 2. 3590).
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Secundo Folio: -mulam ex sanctorum (fol. 79r)
Form: codex
Support: parchment; a 15th-cent. paper strip between fols 79/80 (= fol. 80*), inserted at the Mainz Charterhouse. (fol. 78) Remnants of a red-coloured leather tab marker in the upper outer margin, glued to both sides.
Dimensions (leaf): c.243–45 × 170–78 mm.

Collation

viii 12 | ix 4-2 (?) | x 4. B–D) (quires viii–xiv) Quire signatures in the lower right-hand margin of the first recto, in a hand s. xv from the Mainz Charterhouse, starting with ‘8’ on fol. 78r.

Layout

Ruling in ink, one column of 33 lines. Ruled space c.197–200 × 123–25 mm.

Hand(s)

French textualis, s. xivin, by one hand. Occasionally marginal annotations in at least one hand of s. xv from the Mainz Charterhouse.

Decoration

Decorated initial with foliate design in red (fol. 78r).

Coloured initials in red.

Rubrication.

History

Origin: Early 14th century ; France

Provenance

Mainz, Carthusian abbey of St Michael: the late 14th-cent. ex-libris inscription at the lower left-hand margin of fol. 95r: ‘Codex carthusiensium moguntie’.

MS. Laud Misc. 221 – Part C) (fols 96–111)

Contents

4.
Bernardus Massiliensis, Informatio regularis

With prologue (Hauréau, Initia, 4. 216vb, this copy only). The text is laid out in five books, each with a red rubric at the beginning; its author, Bernard monk of Marseille, who names himself in the prologue (see below), cannot securely be identified, but is likely to have belonged to the Abbey of St Victor, Marseille.

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Secundo Folio: Incipit liber (fol. 97r)
Form: codex
Support: parchment; (fols 96 & 111) remnants of a red-coloured leather tab marker in the lower outer margin, glued to both sides.
Dimensions (leaf): c. 244 × 172–76 mm.

Collation

xi & xii 8. B–D) (quires viii–xiv) Quire signatures in the lower right-hand margin of the first recto, in a hand s. xv from the Mainz Charterhouse, starting with ‘8’ on fol. 78r.

Layout

Ruling in lead point, two columns of 22 lines. Ruled space c.175–78 × 112–14 mm.

Hand(s)

protogothic script, France (?), s. xiiex, a single hand, above top line. Occasional interlinear and marginal corrections and anntotations in near-contemporary up to late 14th-cent. hands (the latter from the Mainz Charterhouse).

History

Origin: Late 12th century ; France (?)

Provenance

Mainz, Carthusian abbey of St Michael: the late 14th-cent. ex-libris inscription at the lower left-hand margin of fol. 96r: ‘Liber carthusiensium moguntie’, in the same hand as the inscription on B) fol. 95r.

MS. Laud Misc. 221 – Part D) (fols 112–128)

Contents

5. (fol. 112ra–va)
Theological treatise (De conceptione BMV)

Imperfect. Text up to fol. 112rb, l. 11 = Bernard of Clairvaux, Sermo dnca infra octav. assumptionis BMV, 12 (ed.: PL 183. 436C–D; SBO 5 (1968) 272, ll. 1–15); for the rest (fol. 112rb, ll. 11ff.), see Bernard of Clairvaux, In pentecoste, serm. 2, 4 (ed.: PL 183. 328A–B; SBO 5 (1968) 167, l. 24–168).

Language(s): Latin
6. (fols 112va–123v)
Goliardic verses 'Totum nihil'

With prose prologue (ed. D. Mairhofer, in preparation; Hauréau, Initia, 6. 294ra; Walther, IC, 13313 & 19679, each citing the present MS.).

Language(s): Latin
7. (fols 124r–128r)
Sermon
Rubric: Sermo regius ad fratres Cartusienses regalis monasterii sancti Martini in monte sancti Erasmi supra Neapolim

The long sermon adressed to the monks of the Certosa di San Martino (Italian St Martin’s Charterhouse) on the Vomero Hill discusses St Martin’s status militaris, ritus regularis and gradus praesularis.

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Secundo Folio: -cuntur. et (fol. 113ra)
Form: codex
Support: parchment; (fol. 122) a flaw stitched up with natural-coloured thread.
Dimensions (leaf): c.243–45 × 171–73 mm.

Collation

xiii 12 | xiv 6-1. B–D) (quires viii–xiv) Quire signatures in the lower right-hand margin of the first recto, in a hand s. xv from Mainz Charterhouse, starting with ‘8’ on fol. 78r.

Layout

Ruling (fols 112ra–114rb) in lead point, two columns, (fols 114v–128r) in ink, one column, of hand D1) 35 or 36, D2) 38 or 39 lines. Ruled space c.118–23 × 87–91 mm.

Hand(s)

Southern French textualis formata, s. xivin, two different hands: D1) (fols 112ra–123v) close to rotunda; D2) (fols 124r–128r) rotunda.

Decoration

Flourished initial in blue and red (fol. 112ra).

Decorated initial in blue, rose, gold and white with foliate design (fol. 119r).

Coloured initials in red.

Rubrication.

History

Origin: Early 14th century ; France, South.

Provenance

Mainz, Carthusian abbey of St Michael: the fascicle lacks any ex-libris inscription of the Charterhouse, but see the quire signatures of parts B–D supplied by a hand of s. xv from the Mainz Charterhouse.

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).
Quarto Catalogue, col. 190
Quarto Catalogue, col. 191
Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 1, p. 40

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (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. 771–723

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2023-11-17: Description revised for Mainz digitization project to include additional information from Mairhofer catalogue.