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MS. Laud Misc. 449

Summary Catalogue no.: 1029

Language(s): Latin

(fols. 1v-117v)

Rubric: In hoc codice continentur epistolę beati Gregorii pape urbis Romę numero ducente nonaginta iij. Incipit liber viij. Pars secunda.

First letter, 'Petro episcopo Corsicę'; last letter, ad Palladium presbyterum de monte Sina

Final rubric: Expliciunt epistole beati Gregorii papae urbis Romę

(fols. 118r-121v)

Gregory I; Augustine of Canterbury, Libellus responsionum

Rubric: Interrogationes Augustini Anglorum apostoli et Responsiones Gregorii pape

Addition, 12th century, second half.

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: parchment

Extent: ii + 122 + ii leaves

Dimensions (leaf): 323 × c. 210 mm.

Dimensions (ruled): 250 × 160 mm.

Foliation: i-ii, 1-124

Decoration

Fine initial (fol. 1v). (Pächt and Alexander i. 463, pl. XXXVIII)

History

Origin: c. 1100; additions, 12th century, second half ; French, North-west (?)

Provenance and Acquisition

Cistercian abbey of St Mary, Ourscamp: ‘Domnus Andreas Noviomensis Canonicus dedit hunc librum, qui vocatur Registrum, ecclesie S. Marie de Ursicampo in elemosinam’ (fol. 122v).

‘Sunt enim in Sicilia Insula ecclesie vacantes episcopis et si vobis placet auctore Deo ecclesiam regere juxta B. Petri apostoli limina cum ejus adjutorio melius potestis; sin vero non placet feliciter state et pro nobis infelicibus exorate. Omnipotens autem Deus in quocunque loco vos esse voluerit sua protectione custodiat et ad celestia vos dona perducat’ (fol. 122v; Reg. IX ep. 42).

From an unidentified collection whose distinctive shelfmarks (not present in this volume) are also found among the manuscripts of Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal de Richelieu (1585-1642) (Quarto catalogue, pp. xvi-xvii).

William Laud (no date)

Part of his first donation to the Bodleian, 1635