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MS. Laud Misc. 502

Summary Catalogue no.: 1089

Composite: Dialogus beatae Marie et Anselmi and Ps.-Anselm of Canterbury ; 14th century, second half, 15th century, first half

Physical Description

Composite: two manuscripts (fols. 1r-4v, fols. 5r-54v) joined by Laud.
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: i + 54 leaves
Dimensions (leaf): 195 × 146 mm.
Dimensions (written): 162 × 113 mm.

Binding

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

History

Provenance and Acquisition

William Laud, 1573–1645, 1638.

Part of his third donation to the Bodleian, 1639.

MS. Laud Misc. 502 – Part 1 (fols. 1r-4v)

Contents

Language(s): Latin

1. (fols. 1r–4v)
Ps.-Anselm of Canterbury, Dialogus beatae Mariae et Anselmi de passione Domini
Rubric: Sanctus Anshelmus querit Mariam de passione Christi
Incipit: Sanctus Anshelmus longo tempore cum lacrimis
Explicit: Heu, Domine, talem mihi pre ceteris ||

Ends imperfect in c. 16 (PL 159.287).

History

Origin: 14th century, 2nd half / 15th century, 1st half

MS. Laud Misc. 502 – Part 2 (fols. 5r-54v)

Contents

Language(s): Latin

2. (fols. 5r–51r; 51v–54v blank)
Ps.-Anselm of Canterbury, Similitudines Anselmi
Rubric: Incipit liber Sancti Anselmi, Cantuariensis archiepiscopi, de similitudinibus
Incipit: Voluntas tripliciter intelligitur
Explicit: ne nobis noceant inquantum volunt.

Physical Description

Decoration

One fleuronnée initial

Red and blue initials.

Binding

Former chained binding.

History

Origin: 14th century, 2nd half / 15th century, 1st half

Provenance

Eberbach ex libris (fol. 54v)

Probably identifiable as 'Erb. Mi. 17' in the "Rheinischen Gesamtkatalog" from the 1470s (now Basel, Öffentliche Bibliothek der Universität, cod. F VI 53, pp. 1–28, on p. 9; Palmer, p. 227).

Not in the 1502 Eberbach library catalogue.

Additional Information

Record Sources

Description adapted by Tuija Ainonen (November 2019) from the following sources (with additional description of the contents):
Nigel F. Palmer, Zisterzienser und ihre Bücher: die mittelalterliche Bibliotheksgeschichte von Kloster Eberbach im Rheingau (Regensburg, 1998), p. 295 [physical description, date, origin, provenance]
H. O. Coxe, Laudian Manuscripts, Quarto Catalogues II, repr. with corrections, 1969, from the original ed. of 1858–1885 [contents, acquisition]
Quarto Catalogue, col. 362
Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 1, p. 46

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (full digital facsimile)

Bibliography

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2019-11-28: Description revised for Polonsky digitization project to include additional information from printed descriptions.