MS. Laud Misc. 396
Summary Catalogue no.: 1173
Ps.-Augustine, Sermons; German, 15th century, beginning
Contents
Twenty numbered sermons: 1–4, 6–18, 26, 21, 22 in PL. Fol. 1r-v blank except for ex libris, fol. 1v.
Formerly one volume with MS. Laud Misc. 353.
Physical Description
Decoration
Flourished initial, fol. 2r, incorporating a hybrid figure in the margin.
Blue initials flourished in red; red initials flourished in violet.
Binding
Brown tanned calf over laminated pulpboard for Abp. Laud, 1637–1639.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Identifiable as 'Erb. Ma. K 2' in the "Rheinischen Gesamtkatalog" from the 1470s (now Basel, Öffentliche Bibliothek der Universität, cod. F VI 53, pp. 1–28, on p. 12).
Eberbach ex libris: Liber Sancte Marie virginis in Ebirbach (fol. 1v)
Identifiable as Z 12 (first part) in the Eberbach library catalogue of 1502.
William Laud, 1573–1645, 1638.
Part of his third donation to the Bodleian, 1639.
Record Sources
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (full digital facsimile)
Digital Bodleian (2 images from 35mm slides)
Bibliography
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2019-12-04: Description revised for Polonsky digitization project to include additional information from printed descriptions.