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MS. Laud Misc. 292

Summary Catalogue no.: 1154

Johannes de Turrecremata; Germany, 15th century, second half

Contents

(fols. 1r-263v)
Iohannes de Turrecremata, Commentary on Regula S. Benedicti
(fols. 1r-3v)
List of chapter titles
Rubric: Incipit Tabula capitulorum presentis operis.
Incipit: Reuerendissimo in Christo patri et domino domino Johanni cardinali sancti Sixti
Rubric: Responsio Domini Cardinalis
Incipit: Accepi litteras tuas dilectissime frater
Incipit: Quoniam adiuuante domino nostro Ihesu Christo expositioni regule
Explicit: (ends impf.) illi coniuncti sunt, eius presumptionem rebellionem ||
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: 263 leaves
Dimensions (leaf): 336 × 247 mm.
Dimensions (written): 232 × 170 mm.

Decoration

Initials (Pächt and Alexander i. 176) in red and blue, partly decorated (Palmer, p. 293).

Binding

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

History

Origin: 15th century, second half ; German

Provenance and Acquisition

Eberbach ex libris: 'Liber virginis gloriose. In Ebirbach. hic est Marie' (fol. 4r)

William Laud, 1573–1645, 1637.

Part of his third donation to the Bodleian, 1639.

MS. Laud Misc. 292 - paper leaf before fol. i

Contents

On the recto is a commentary in German on Matt. 8:4, perhaps intended as a sketch for preaching. On the verso, a list of select church festivals.

Found loose between fols. 88 and 89. Tipped in the front of the manuscript in September 1997.

Language(s): Latin and German

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: 1 leaf
Dimensions (leaf): 340 × 164 mm.

History

Origin: 16th century

Additional Information

Record Sources

Description adapted (November 2019) from the following sources:
Nigel F. Palmer, Zisterzienser und ihre Bücher: die mittelalterliche Bibliotheksgeschichte von Kloster Eberbach im Rheingau (Regensburg, 1998), pp. 86, 293, 315 fragment 36 [physical description, date, origin, provenance]
Otto Pächt and J. J. G. Alexander, Illuminated Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, 3 vols. (1966–1973) I, no. 176.
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

Last Substantive Revision

2019-11-14: Description revised for Polonsky digitization project to include additional information from printed descriptions.