MS. Laud Misc. 257
Summary Catalogue no.: 998
Contents
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Hand(s)
Cistercian punctuation (partly original, partly added).
Decoration
Fine initials in the style of MSS. from Messina. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 62, pl. VI)
Coloured initials in red, blue and green.
Accompanying Material
The front flyleaf is a reject leaf from a breviary (?) comprising Psalm 94 and a kalendar (archdiocese of Trier) for March and April; German, c. 1200.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Eberbach, Cistercian abbey: identifiable as H 10 in the library catalogue of 1502.
William Laud, 1573–1645, 1638.
Part of his third donation to the Bodleian, 1639.
Record Sources
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (full digital facsimile)
Digital Bodleian (4 images from 35mm slides)
Bibliography
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Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2019-02-07: Description revised for Polonsky to incorporate all information in Palmer and Quarto catalogues.