MS. Laud Misc. 272
Summary Catalogue no.: 1325
Bernard of Clairvaux, Sermones super Cantica Canticorum; Germany, 12th century, middle
Contents
(fols. 1r–84v)
, Sermones super Cantica Canticorum (i-xlix) Rubric: Incipiunt ⟨se⟩rmones domini ⟨Be⟩rnhardi abbatis ⟨Clar⟩euallensis ⟨super C⟩antica Canticorum (mutilated)
Explicit: Absit ut inueniatur expers salutis imitator Domini nostri Ihesu Christi qui est benedictus in secula.
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Secundo Folio: ⟨confi⟩tebitur tibi
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: i + 84 + i leaves, foliated i, 1–85
Dimensions (leaf): 320 × 205 mm.
Dimensions (written): 245–250 × 155–160 mm.
Layout
Written in 2 columns, 38–39 lines.
Decoration
7- to 2-line decorated initials with floriate and (occasionally) bird motifs. Some cut out.
Binding
Brown tanned calf over laminated pulpboard for Abp. Laud, 1637–1639.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Cistercian abbey of Engelszell: inscription 'Liber sancte marie virginis in Cella Angelorum' (fol. 84v), 14th or 15th century.
William Laud, 1573–1645, 1638.
Part of his third donation to the Bodleian, 1639.
Record Sources
Description adapted (May 2020) from the following sources, with additional physical description:
Otto Pächt and J. J. G. Alexander, Illuminated Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, 3 vols. (1966–1973) I, no. 71 [decoration, localization, date]
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
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2020-08-24: Description finalized for Polonsky German project