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MS. Laud Misc. 488

Summary Catalogue no.: 1087

Hermas, Pastor; Germany, 12th century, second quarter

(fols. 2r–90r)

Hermas, Pastor

Rubric: Liber Pastoris nuntii penitentiae. Visio prima

Incipit: Qui enutrierat me vendidit quandam puellam Romae

Explicit: pastorem illum et virgines in domum meam.

Final rubric: Explicit liber

The Shepherd of Hermas in Latin : Critical Edition of the Oldest Translation Vulgata, ed. Christian Tornau and Paolo Cecconi, this manuscript siglum O, described pp. 14-16; the editors note (p. 14) that 'a lacuna from Sim.IX,31,5 to Sim.X,4,3 is due to a loss of leaves after f. 89'

On the manuscripts of the text see also E. Dekkers, 'Les traductions latines du Pasteur d‘Hermas', Euphrosyne 22 (1994), 13–26

15th century title, fol. 2r, 'Nuncij penitencie', and note 'Iste libellus pastoris dictus allegatur in Omelia viija Origenis super librum Numeri' (cf. Provenance). On fol. 90v is a 15th-century note on Exodus 19 as a figure of Pentecost.

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: parchment

Extent: ii + 92 leaves

Dimensions (leaf): 197 × 120 mm.

Dimensions (written): 138 × 80 mm.

Layout

Written on 22 long lines.

Decoration

Good initials. (Pächt and Alexander i. 57)

Binding

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

History

Origin: 12th century, second quarter ; German, Würzburg, St. Kylian (?)

Provenance and Acquisition

R. W. Hunt attributed the initials to the same hand as MS. Laud Lat. 101, from St Kilian, Würzburg; the attribution of the present manuscript to Würzburg was not discussed by Mairhofer.

Mainz, Carthusian abbey of St Michael: identifiable as the second item in cat. 1 (Mainz SB Hs I 577) K XII P ('Libellus dictus pastoris allegatur in omelia Origenis octaua super libro numeri' cf, fol. 2r) = cat. 2 (Mainz SB Hs I 576) K XI S ('Liber dictus: Nuncius penitencie: pastoris'). The first item in the volume K XII P/K XI S (identifiable by second folio) is now MS. Laud Misc. 474; the titles on MS. Laud Misc. 474, fol. i verso, and MS. Laud Misc. 488 fol. 2r are probably by the same hand; and the hand of MS. Laud Misc. 488 fol. 90v is probably found on MS. Laud Misc. 474 fols. 82r, 83v, 84v. Not listed in Mairhofer, Mainz manuscripts.

William Laud, 1573–1645, 1638.

Part of his third donation to the Bodleian, 1639.

Record Sources

Description adapted by Tuija Ainonen and Matthew Holford (January 2020, rev. January 2024) from the following sources (with additional description of the contents, measurements, and provenance):

Otto Pächt and J. J. G. Alexander, Illuminated Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, 3 vols. (1966–1973) I, no. 57 [date, localization, decoration].

H. O. Coxe, Laudian Manuscripts, Quarto Catalogues II, repr. with corrections, 1969, from the original ed. of 1858–1885 [contents, acquisition]

Quarto Catalogue, col. 351

Quarto Catalogue, p. 565

Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 1, p. 46