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MS. Laud Misc. 354

Summary Catalogue no.: 1075

Origen, Homilies on Leviticus; Germany, 12th century

Contents

(fols. 1v–111v)
Origen, Homilies on Leviticus (tr. Rufinus)
Rubric: Incipiunt Omeliae Origenis Adamantii in Leviticum

capitula

Incipit: Sicut in novissimis diebus verbum Dei ex Maria
Explicit: quam utique si non respexisset infruc-||
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: ii + 114 leaves
Dimensions (leaf): 230 × 200 mm.
Dimensions (written): 165 × 145–150 mm.

Layout

Written in 24 long lines above top line, ruled with dry point.

Decoration

Coloured initials.

Rubrics.

Binding

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

History

Origin: 12th century ; German

Provenance and Acquisition

William Laud, 1573–1645, 1638.

Part of his third donation to the Bodleian, 1639.

Record Sources

Description adapted by Tuija Ainonen (February 2020) from the following source (with additional physical description):
H. O. Coxe, Laudian Manuscripts, Quarto Catalogues II, repr. with corrections, 1969, from the original ed. of 1858–1885 [date, origin, contents, acquisition]

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (full digital facsimile)

Bibliography

Last Substantive Revision

2020-02-13: Description revised for Polonsky digitization project to include additional information from printed descriptions.