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MS. Laud Misc. 353

Summary Catalogue no.: 1076

Mechtild of Hackborn, Liber specialis gratiae; 14th century, end/15th century, beginning

Contents

(fols. 1–60v)
Mechtild of Hackborn, Liber specialis gratiae,

with two prologues

(fol. 1r)
Prologue 1
Incipit: Benignitas et humanitas Salvatoris mundi, que humano generi per ipsius incarnationem
(fol. 1rv)
Prologue 2
Incipit: Liber iste, licet totus revelaciones et visiones dici possit
Incipit: Abit virgo quedam a Deo ab infantia et benedictionibus dulcedinis perventa
Explicit: aliquando vero tam spirituale erat ac divinum, quod nullis potuit humanis verbis explicare.
(MS. Laud Misc. 353 and 396 once formed one volume)
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: 61 leaves
Dimensions (leaf): 234 × 180 mm.
Dimensions (written): 188 × 134 mm.

Decoration

None.

Binding

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

History

Origin: 14th century, end / 15th century, beginning ; German

Provenance and Acquisition

Identifiable as Z 12 (part 2) 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 (October 2019) from the following sources:
Nigel F. Palmer, Zisterzienser und ihre Bücher: die mittelalterliche Bibliotheksgeschichte von Kloster Eberbach im Rheingau (Regensburg, 1998), p. 257, 294 [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

Last Substantive Revision

2019-10-24: Description revised for Polonsky digitization project to include additional information from printed descriptions.