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MS. Laud Misc. 390

Summary Catalogue no.: 1371

Commentaries on the Bible. France (?), A) (fols 1–77) s. xi; B) (fols 78–292) s. xiii2.

Physical Description

This description is abbreviated from Daniela Mairhofer, Medieval Manuscripts from the Mainz Charterhouse in the Bodleian Library, Oxford: A Descriptive Catalogue (Oxford, 2018), pp. 1117–1125. For purposes of scholarly citation, reference to the printed catalogue is requested.
Composite: A) (fols 1–77) || B) (fols 78–292)
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: iii (17th-cent.) + 292 + ii (17th-cent.) leaves
Foliation: i–iii, 1–294, in modern (19th-cent.) pencil

Collation

A) i 10-2 | ii 8 | iii 10-2 | iv 10-2 | v 10-2 | vi 10-2 | vii & viii 8 | ix 10-2 | x 8-3; B) xi–xvi 8 | xvii 12 | xviii–xxx 8 | xxxi 10-3 (?) | xxxii–xxxvi 8 | xxxvii 6-2.

Binding

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

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Mainz, Carthusian abbey of St Michael: the ex-libris inscriptions of the Mainz Charterhouse were inserted by the same hand, and may indicate that both fascicles were already bound together when in the possession of the Charterhouse.

William Laud, 1573–1645: Ex-libris inscription of Archbishop Laud, dated 1638, at the lower margin of fol. 1v.

Given to the Bodleian as part of his third donation, dispatched on 28 June 1639.

MS. Laud Misc. 390 – Part A) (fols 1–77)

Contents

1. (fols 1v–77r)
Hrabanus Maurus, Commentary on Wisdom,

with prologue (ep. ad Otgarium archiepiscopum) (ed.: PL 109. 671A–62D; the prologue also edited in E. Dümmler, MGH Epp. 5 (1899) 425–26 (ep. 20), this copy collated, see p. 425 (siglum ‘O’); Stegmüller, RB, 7052, this copy).

Language(s): Latin
2. (fol. 77v)
Hymn

On St Mary Magdalene, with staffless neumes (ed.: AH 50. 268; Chevalier 10551).

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Secundo Folio: -phum prenotauit (fol. 2r)
Form: codex
Support: parchment; (fols 22 & 50) bookmarks: a natural-coloured thread sewn into the upper outer margins, to mark the beginning of bks 2 & 3.
Dimensions (leaf): c.237–41 × 165–74 mm.

Collation

i 10-2 | ii 8 | iii 10-2 | iv 10-2 | v 10-2 | vi 10-2 | vii & viii 8 | ix 10-2 | x 8-3.

Layout

Ruling in hard-point, one column of 26 lines. Ruled space c.175–82 × 106–10 mm.

Hand(s)

Early protogothic script, s. xi, by a single hand, above top line. 2 supplied by a different, but contemporary hand.

Musical Notation:

(fol. 77v) staffless neumes accompanying item 2.

Decoration

Coloured initials in red and blue.

Rubrication.

History

Origin: 11th century ; France (?)

Provenance

Mainz, Carthusian abbey of St Michael: the late 14th-cent. ex-libris inscriptions, all in the same hand (including the inscription in part B, see below): at the upper margin of fol. 1r, following the title of item 1: ‘et pertinet ad Cartusienses prope mogunciam’; and on fol. 77r, below the explicit: ‘Pertinet ad Cartusienses prope mogunciam’.

MS. Laud Misc. 390 – Part B) (fols 78–292)

Contents

3. (fols 78r–101v)
Commentary on Luke

Commentary on Luke 9:1–21:38, anonymous (Stegmüller, RB, 10072, this copy only).

Language(s): Latin
4. (fols 102r–123r)
William of Alton (?), Commentary on Daniel (Stegmüller, RB, 2793, and suppl.; Hauréau, Initia, 3. 241rb; C.A.L.M.A. IV. 5 (2014) 578, in each case this copy only).
Language(s): Latin
5. (fols 123r–211v)
William of Alton (?), Commentary on Apocalypse (Kaeppeli 1438, citing the present MS.; Glorieux, Rép., 18o, this copy; Stegmüller, RB, 2796, and suppl., this copy; Hauréau, Initia, 4. 173vb, this copy only; C.A.L.M.A. IV. 5 (2014) 578, this copy).
Language(s): Latin
6. (fols 212r–291r)
Commentaries on the Catholic Epistles
6.1. (fols 212r–229v)
James (Stegmüller, RB, 11458, this copy; Hauréau, Initia, 6. 371rb–va, this copy only).
6.2. (fols 230r–248v)
I Peter (Stegmüller, RB, 11459, citing the present MS.).
6.3. (fols 248v–261r)
II Peter (Stegmüller, RB, 11460, citing the present MS.).
6.4. (fols 261r–282v)
I John (Stegmüller, RB, 11461, citing the present MS.).
6.5. (fols 282v–284v)
II John (Stegmüller, RB, 11462, citing the present MS.).
6.6. (fols 284v–286r)
III John (Stegmüller, RB, 11463, citing the present MS.).
6.7. (fols 286v–291r)
I Jude (Stegmüller, RB, 11464, citing the present MS.; cf. 10898).
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Secundo Folio: crisostomus. reseruata (fol. 79r)
Form: codex
Support: parchment; occasionally stitching preserved, in plain thread.
Dimensions (leaf): c.226–35 × 160–70 mm.

Collation

xi–xvi 8 | xvii 12 | xviii–xxx 8 | xxxi 10-3 (?) | xxxii–xxxvi 8 | xxxvii 6-2.

Layout

Ruling in lead point, one column of c.46–53 lines. Ruled space c.182–203 × 115–40 mm.

Hand(s)

German cursive textualis, s. xiii2/xiv, by several hands, above top line. Occasional marginalia.

Decoration

Coloured initials in red.

Rubrication.

History

Origin: 13th century, second half; France(?)

Provenance

Mainz, Carthusian abbey of St Michael: the late 14th-cent. ex-libris inscription at the upper right margin of fol. 78r: ‘Iste liber est Cartusiensium prope mogunciam’, in the same hand as the inscriptions in part A.

Additional Information

Record Sources

See above. Previously described in the Quarto Catalogue (H. O. Coxe, Laudian Manuscripts, Quarto Catalogues II, repr. with corrections, 1969, from the original ed. of 1858–1885).
Quarto Catalogue, col. 289
Quarto Catalogue, p. 559
Quarto Catalogue, p. 560
Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 1, p. 59

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (full digital facsimile)

Bibliography

    Published descriptions:

    Daniela Mairhofer, Medieval Manuscripts from the Mainz Charterhouse in the Bodleian Library, Oxford: A Descriptive Catalogue, 2 vols. (Oxford, 2018), pp. 1117–1125

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2023-09-16: Description revised for Mainz digitization project to include additional information from Mairhofer catalogue.