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MS. Laud Misc. 346

Summary Catalogue no.: 949

Vitas patrum; Germany, 15th century, middle or second half

(fols. 1r-85v)

⟨Ps.-Jerome⟩, Verba seniorum siue Liber adhortationum sanctorum patrum

Rubric: De penitencia

Incipit: Dixerunt fratres de abbate Gelasio quia habuerit codicem

Rubric: (fol. 32v, before VI.i)Explicit de contemplacione. Vsque huc de greco in latinum transtulit pelagius diaconus ecclesie romane et ab huic deorsum Johannes subdiaconus Capitula sequentis operis

Final rubric: Expliciunt adhortaciones sanctorum patrum interpretate de greco in latinum a pelagio diacono sancte romane ecclesie et Johanne subdiacono

V.xvi-xviii, VI.i-iv (with additional division after iv.7, fol. 76v, 'Expliciunt septem capitula abbatis moysi. Item verba abbatis moysi'); PL 73.969–1022

(fols. 86r-92r)

⟨Ps.-⟩Macharius, Epistola ad monachos (ep. 4)

Rubric: (fol. 85v) Incipit epistola sancti macharii monachi ad filios

Incipit: In primis quidem si ceperit homo semetipsum

Explicit: precepta seruare spiritus sancti

Final rubric: Explicit epistola

PG 34, 443–446

(fols. 92r-118v)

Verba seniorum (tr. Paschasius Dumiensis)

Rubric: Incipiunt excerpta vtilia ex translacione paschasii

Incipit: Quidam frater quomodo in cella propria viuere deberet

Explicit: eripiam te et glorificabis me

Final rubric: Expliciunt excerpta de translacione paschasii

Extracts from Verba seniorum VII.i-xli.1 (PL 73.1025–1056)

(fols. 119r-147r)

Jerome, Vita S. Hilarionis

Rubric: (fol. 118v) Incipit prologus beati iheronimi presbiteri in vitam beati hylarionis monachi

Incipit: (prologue) Scripturus vitam beati hylarionis

Incipit: (text) Hylarion ortus vico thabatha

Explicit: quia illum locum plus dilexerat

(fols. 147r-154v)

Jerome, Vita S. Malchi

Incipit: Qvi nauali prelio dimicaturi sunt

Incipit: ⟨M⟩aronias triginta ferme milibus ad anthioca

Explicit: non posse autem superari

(fols. 154v-158v)

Vita S. Frontonii (BHL 3192a)

Incipit: ⟨Q⟩vi homo dei ex christi esse iam cepit

Incipit: (fol. 156r) Erat quidam senex monachus a prima etate deo deuotus

Explicit: ut per satisfaccionem delicta donentur

Final rubric: Explicit vita sancti Frontonii Abbatis. Incipit vita sancte Marine virginis.

(fols. 159r-162v)

Vita S. Marinae (BHL 5528)

Incipit: Frater erat quidam secularis habens vnicam filiam

Explicit: ubi usque modo deus oracionibus sancte virginis multa facit miracula

PL 73.691–4

(fols. 162v-171r)

⟨Ps.-Athanasius of Alexandria⟩, ⟨De obseruationibus monachorum⟩

Incipit: Et si quod gloriari in christo licet

Explicit: Vigilate state in fide viriliter agite et confortamini omnia vestra in caritate fiant et deus pacis erit vobiscum

CPL 1155; PL 103.665–672.

(fols. 171r-184r)

Vita S. Symeonis (BHL 7957a)

Incipit: Sanctus symeon ex utero matris sue electus est a domino

Explicit: ab altissimo mercedem recipiet cuil[sic] est honor potestas et virtus in secula seculorum. Deposicio ipsius sancti symeonis sexto kalendas augusti celebratur.

PL 73.325–334

(fols. 184r-193r)

⟨Jerome⟩, Vita S. Pauli

Incipit: Inter multos sepe dubitatum est a quo potissimum monachorum heremus habitare cepta sit

Final rubric: Explicit vita beati pauli primi heremite. Incipit prologue euagrii prebisteri in vitam sancti antonii quam de greco in latinum transtulit

BHL 6596

(fols. 193r-253v)

Athanasius, Vita S. Antonii (tr. Evagrius)

Incipit: Prespiter euagrius innocencio karissimo

Incipit: Episcopus athanasius ad peregrinos monachos

Incipit: Igitur antonius nobilibus religiosisque parentibus

Explicit: tocius corrupcionis artifices

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: paper

Extent: 255 folios

Dimensions (leaf): 210 × 143 mm.

Dimensions (written): 148 × 93 mm.

Layout

1 col., c. 21 lines; frame-ruled.

Hand(s)

Cursive.

Decoration

Initials. (Pächt and Alexander i. 164)

8–13 line decorated penwork initials in red and black sometimes with foliate patterns, at the beginning of sections (fols. 1r, 7v, etc.

Coloured initials, sometimes extending into the margins; capitals touched in red.

Rubrics; some rubrics and initials not filled in (fol. 147v, 154v)

Binding

Late-medieval blind-tooled and stamped binding.

Former chained binding.

History

Origin: 15th century, middle or second half ; German

Provenance and Acquisition

Not identifiable in the Eberbach catalogue of 1502.

Eberbach, Cistercian abbey: ex libris of the Eberbach Abtsbibliothek.

Eberbach signature ‘M’, 17th century, on the front board.

William Laud, 1573–1645, 1638.

Part of his third donation to the Bodleian, 1639.

MS. Laud Misc. 346 - endleaves (fols. i, 256)

Language(s): Latin

Sacramentary

Two leaves; rites for the ordeals of fire and cold water.

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: parchment

Dimensions (leaf): 250 × 144 mm.

Dimensions (written): 167 × 105 mm.

History

Origin: 11th or early 12th century

Additional Information

Record Sources

Description adapted by Matthew Holford (April 2020) from the following sources, with additional description of contents and decoration:

Nigel F. Palmer, Zisterzienser und ihre Bücher: die mittelalterliche Bibliotheksgeschichte von Kloster Eberbach im Rheingau (Regensburg, 1998), pp. 293–4 [contents, physical description, date, provenance]

Otto Pächt and J. J. G. Alexander, Illuminated Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, I (1966), no. 164 [origin]

H. O. Coxe, Laudian Manuscripts, Quarto Catalogues II, repr. with corrections, 1969, from the original ed. of 1858–1885 [contents]

Quarto Catalogue, cols. 263–4

Quarto Catalogue, p. 557

Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 1, p. 39

Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 1, p. 40