MS. Laud Misc. 259
Summary Catalogue no.: 716*
Ambrose, Commentary on St. Luke's Gospel; Germany (Mainz), 9th century, first quarter or middle
Contents
(fols. 1–219v)
, Commentary on St. Luke's Gospel Rubric: Incipit expositio Sancti Ambrosii ad Lucae evangelium
Explicit: et plusquam quingentis fratribus ||
Incomplete.
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: 219 leaves
Dimensions (leaf): 298 × 220 mm.
Dimensions (written): 224 × 150 mm.
Decoration
Initials in the ink of the text.
Binding
Brown tanned calf over laminated pulpboard for Abp. Laud, 1637–1639.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Date and localization after Bischoff (2004), no. 3852.
Perhaps one of the manuscripts which came to Eberbach from Lorsch.
Characteristic Eberbach annotations.
Probably identifiable as b 28 in the Eberbach library catalogue of 1502.
William Laud, 1573–1645, 1638.
Part of his third donation to the Bodleian, 1639.
Record Sources
Description adapted (November 2019) from the following sources, with additional reference to published literature cited in the description:
Nigel F. Palmer, Zisterzienser und ihre Bücher: die mittelalterliche Bibliotheksgeschichte von Kloster Eberbach im Rheingau (Regensburg, 1998), pp. 98, 265, 291 [physical description, date, origin, provenance]
H. O. Coxe, Laudian Manuscripts, Quarto Catalogues II, repr. with corrections, 1969, from the original ed. of 1858–1885 [contents, acquisition]
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (full digital facsimile)
Bibliography
Online resources:
Printed descriptions:
B. Bischoff, Katalog der festländischen Handschriften des neunten Jahrhunderts II (2004), no. 3852
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2019-11-01: Description revised for Polonsky digitization project to include additional information from printed descriptions.