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MS. Laud Misc. 231

Summary Catalogue no.: 868

Ludolf of Saxony, Commentary on the Psalms; Germany, 15th century, beginning

Contents

(fols. 1r-281v)
Ludolf of Saxony, Commentary on the Psalms
Incipit: Sicut olim manna habuit delectamentum
Explicit: (Ps. 141:7) Intende ad deprecationem, qua malum a me depelli precor et necesse est, quia humiliatus sum nimis ||

At the end of Psalm 50 (fol. 83v) inscription: Explicit exposicio prime quinquagene Psalterii collecta a domino Ludolfo monacho, ordinis Carthusiensis, Deo Gratias.

At the end of Psalm 100 (fol. 185v) inscription: Explicit quinquagena secunda super Psalterium collecta a domino Ludolphoo monacho, ordinis Carthusiensis.

fols. 83v-84(a)v blank.

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Secundo Folio: magistri sapiens
Three sections (fols. 1–84a, 84b-185, 186–281), differing somewhat in layout and decoration but presumably always intended to form a single volume.
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: i + 282 (really 283 as fol. 84 doubled) leaves
Dimensions (leaf): 285 × 195 mm.
Dimensions (written): 215–225 × 140–145 mm.

Layout

Written in 2 columns, 32–50 lines, varying above and below top line.

Hand(s)

Cursiva

Lemmata in textualis in some sections.

Decoration

Decorated initial in red and blue on fol. 84(b)r.

Red and blue capitals.

Space left for initial, fol. 186r.

Binding

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

Tabs.

History

Origin: 15th century ; German

Provenance and Acquisition

Mainz, Charterhouse: almost certainly identifiable as E.XX.S in catalogue II (Mainz, SB, Hs I 576, fol. 122v, 'Ludolphus super psalterio', secundo folio 'magister[sic] sapiens'); not in Mairhofer, Medieval Manuscripts from the Mainz Charterhouse.

William Laud, 1573–1645, 1638.

Part of his third donation to the Bodleian, 1639.

Record Sources

Description adapted by Tuija Ainonen and Matthew Holford (February 2020, rev. Jan. 2023) from the following source (with additional physical description and revised dating):
H. O. Coxe, Laudian Manuscripts, Quarto Catalogues II, repr. with corrections, 1969, from the original ed. of 1858–1885 [contents, acquisition, origin]
Quarto Catalogue, col. 196
Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 1, p. 37

Digital Images

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Bibliography

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2023-01-16: Add Mainz provenance.