MS. Laud Misc. 506
Summary Catalogue no.: 959
Theological composite manuscript. A) (fols i, 1–107) Germany, s. xiiiex; B) (fols 108–172) France, s. xiiiex; C) (fols 173–182k) Germany, s. xivmed; D) (fols 183–244) Speyer, 1349.
Physical Description
Collation
Binding
Brown tanned calf over laminated pulpboard for Abp. Laud, 1637–1639.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Mainz, Carthusian abbey of St Michael: MS. Laud Misc. 506 consists of four fascicles, mainly containing sermons. The late 14th/early 15th-cent. list of contents at the upper half of fol. i recto (see A) Provenance) suggests that at least fascicles A–C were already bound together at the time when the inscription was inserted, at the Mainz Charterhouse.
William Laud, 1573–1645: Ex-libris inscription of Archbp. Laud, dated 1638, at the lower margin of fol. i verso.
Given to the Bodleian as part of his third donation, dispatched on 28 June 1639.
MS. Laud Misc. 506 – Part A) (fols i, 1–107)
Contents
(unpr.; Little 109 provides the incipit from this copy without source; Schneyer 4. 725–731, citing the present MS. at p. 731; Schneyer, Wegweiser, 299; Kaeppeli 3326, citing the present MS.).
(unpr.; Little 198, this copy only; Schneyer 4. 752–755, this copy at p. 756; Schneyer, Wegweiser, 432).
Physical Description
Collation
Layout
Ruling in lead point, two columns of 43–45 lines. Ruled space c.165–72 × 94–116 mm.
Hand(s)
German textualis, s. xiiiex, several hands; the note on fol. 107va added by a later hand of s. xv. Marginalia and corrections in contemporary up to 15th-cent. hands, the latter from the Charterhouse; sometimes in lead point.
Decoration
Coloured initials in red. (fol. 15vb) initial in red, with decoration in blue, pale pink, and green.
Rubrication.
(fols 19va–41rb) spaces left for initials.
History
Provenance
Mainz, Carthusian abbey of St Michael: the 15th-cent. ex-libris inscriptions at the upper margin of fol. 1r: ‘Cartusiensium prope magunciam est’, and, in the same hand, of fol. 107v: ‘Liber Cartusiensium prope magunciam’. Identifiable with K V P in cat. ii. A late 14th/early 15th-cent. list of contents at the upper half of fol. i recto, in a hand from the Mainz Charterhouse, evidently listing the items of parts A–C.
MS. Laud Misc. 506 – Part B) (fols 108–172)
Contents
(pr.: Hain 8994–9008; Little 72 (anon.); Schneyer 2. 758–65, this copy at p. 766; Schneyer, Wegweiser, 137; Schneyer, Beobachtungen, 39f.; Kaeppeli 1991 A; cf. Bloomfield 1601, and suppl.). For full listing, see printed catalogue.
(fols 168v–170v) Two additional sermons at the end.This list enumerates seven sins qualifying as episcopal cases, that is cases in which a sinner has confessed a transgression so severe that only a bishop has the authority to assign penance.
Accompanied by a prayer to Christ, ascribed to Bernard of Clairvaux.
With music on a five-lined staff (red)(ed.: Mone, Hymnen, 3. 669; ed. J. Kehrein, Lateinische Sequenzen des Mittelalters aus Handschriften und Drucken (Mainz, 1873) no. 371 (nos 1–2 & 4–5); AH 55. 3, citing the present MS.; – Chevalier 3513).
Physical Description
Collation
Layout
(fols 108r–115v) Ruling in ink, one column of one column of 37 lines. Ruled space c.162–67 × 104–06 mm.
(fols 116r–170v) Ruling in lead point, one column of 36 lines. Ruled space c.145–49 × 83–86 mm.
Hand(s)
French textualis, s. xiiiex, by three main scribes, below top line: B1) (fols 108r–115v); B2) (fols 116r–168v, l. 17); B3) (fols 168v, l. 18–170v). Punctuation mainly by punctus. The text on fol. 171r added by a hand of s. xiiiex/xivin; again a different hand of s. xivin is responsible for item 5 (fol. 172r-v).
(fol. 172r–v) music on a five-lined staff (red).
Decoration
Coloured initials in red.
Rubrication.
History
Provenance
Mainz, Carthusian abbey of St Michael: the late 14th-cent. inscriptions at the lower margin of fol. 108r: ‘Codex carthusiensium moguncie.’, and, in the same hand, at the lower margin of fol. 172v: ‘liber carthusiensium prope mogunciam.’ See also the late 14th/early 15th-cent. list of contents inserted at the Charterhouse on fol. i recto, quoted above.
MS. Laud Misc. 506 – Part C) (fols 173–182k)
Contents
6 sermons relating to the body of Christ.
Fragment of a charter, Germany, s. xiv2: half of a notarial instrument drawn up by a notarian called Simon. For transcription and further description, see printed catalogue.
Physical Description
Collation
Layout
(fols 108r–115v) Ruling in ink, one column of one column of 37 lines. Ruled space c.162–67 × 104–06 mm.
(fols 173ra–181vb) Ruling in ink, two columns of c.38–41 lines. Ruled space c.167–70 × 109–26 mm.
Hand(s)
(fols 173ra–181vb) German textualis, s. xivmed, three different hands: C1) (fols 173ra–174rb); C2) (fols 174va–181rb); C3) (fol. 181va–vb). Occasional marginalia in contemporary up to 15th-cent. hands, the latter from the Charterhouse.
Decoration
Coloured initials in red.
Rubrication.
History
Provenance
Mainz, Carthusian abbey of St Michael: fascicle C lacks any ex-libris inscription of the Charterhouse, but was bound together with the Charterhouse fascicles A & B in the late 14th/early 15th-cent., as evidenced by the list of contents in the upper half of fol. i recto, see above.
MS. Laud Misc. 506 – Part D) (fols 183–244)
Contents
(Schneyer 4. 548–556; Schneyer, Wegweiser, 192/191); sermons counted after Trinity Sunday.
(Schneyer 4. 557–563, citing the present MS. at p. 573; Schneyer, Wegweiser, 515).
Physical Description
Collation
Layout
(fols 108r–115v) Ruling in ink, one column of one column of 37 lines. Ruled space c.162–67 × 104–06 mm.
(fols 184ra ff.) Ruling in ink, two columns of c.45–52 lines. Ruled space c.175–84 × 117–19 mm.
Hand(s)
German textualis, 1349, by Gerlacus de Wynningen (see the colophon on fol. 244rb). Sporadic marginal annotations and corrections, mainly in hands of s. xv from the Mainz Charterhouse.
Decoration
(fols. 184ra and 220ra) Flourished initials in red and blue.
Coloured initials in red.
Rubrication.
History
Provenance
Mainz, Carthusian abbey of St Michael: the 15th-cent. ex-libris inscriptions at the upper margin of fol. 183r: ‘Iste liber est Carthusiensium prope mogunciam’, and (in the same hand?) at the lower margin of fol. 184r: ‘Iste liber est fratrum Carthusiensium prope Mogunciam’; at the lower margin of fol. 244r, following the colophon: ‘[...] | Et est fratrum carthusiensium prope mogunciam’, and of fol. 244v, in faint ink: ‘Iste liber est domus sancti michahel prope Mogunciam’.
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Last Substantive Revision
2023-11-10: Description revised for Mainz digitization project to include additional information from Mairhofer catalogue.