MS. Laud Misc. 40
Summary Catalogue no.: 1429
Physical Description
Composite: three parts
Binding
12th-century binding, much repaired.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Rochester, Kent, Cathedral priory of St Andrew: 'Liber de claustro Roffensi per ‘Leonardum Monachum’' (fol. 1v), s. xiii/xiv, ast two words over erasure. Probably written at Rochester. Verses signed R. Wybarn at end. Medieval binding, rebacked. (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).
MS. Laud Misc. 40 – Part 1
Contents
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
History
Origin: 12th century
MS. Laud Misc. 40 – Part 2
Contents
1.
, Expositio hymnorum (on authorship see T. Hunt, Teaching and Learning Latin in 13th-Century England I (1991), pp. 38–42, esp. 38–9) Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
History
Origin: 12th century
MS. Laud Misc. 40 – Part 3
Contents
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
History
Origin: 12th century
Additional Information
Record Sources
Summary description abbreviated from the Quarto Catalogue (H. O. Coxe, Laudian Manuscripts, Quarto Catalogues II, repr. with corrections, 1969, from the original ed. of 1858–1885).
Bibliography
Online resources:
Printed descriptions:
S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 2: Office Books (typescript, 1957), p. 373
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2021-12-14: Add provenance information from MLGB3.