MS. Laud Misc. 540
Summary Catalogue no.: 1359
Henry of Lübeck, Quodlibeta. Caesarius of Heisterbach, Libri viii miraculorum. Germany, s. xiv2/4, A) (fols 1–100); B) (fols 101–124).
Physical Description
Collation
Binding
Brown tanned calf over laminated pulpboard for Abp. Laud, 1637–1639.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
William Laud, 1573–1645: Two fascicles, written in Germany, s. xiv2/4; there is no evidence that parts A & B were already bound together when in the possession of the Charterhouse at Mainz; they were probably put together only in the course of the Laudian binding. Ex-libris inscription of Archbp. Laud, dated 1638, at the lower centre of fol. 2r.
Given to the Bodleian as part of his third donation, dispatched on 28 June 1639.
MS. Laud Misc. 530 – Part A) (fols 1–100)
Contents
Imperfect and anonymous. The text has been inserted on the recto of fol. 1, which is not an added flyleaf, but conjoint with fol. 8.
With prologue (partly ed. by F. Mitzka, in Opuscula et Textus, Series Scholastica 11 (Münster, 1932): 2. 4 & 6 and 3. 10; W. Bucichowski, ‘Le principe d’individuation dans la question de Henri de Lubeck “Utrum materia sit principium individuationis”’, Mediaevalia Philosophica Polonorum 21 (1975) 89–113, ed. of 1. 19, at pp. 105–13, this copy at pp. 92f., 103f. & 105–113 (siglum ‘O’, base text)).
Physical Description
Collation
Layout
Ruling (fols 2r ff.) in lead point and in ink, two columns of c.46–60 lines. Ruled space c.193–204 × 122–132 mm.
Hand(s)
German textualis, s. xiv2/4, by several hands. Corrections and marginal annotations in the text hands and in (near-)contemporary hands.
Decoration
Coloured initials in red.
Rubrication.
History
Provenance
Mainz, Carthusian abbey of St Michael: the late 14th-cent. ex-libris inscriptions A) at the upper margin of fol. 2r: ‘Fratrum Cartusiensium prope mogunciam’ and, in the same hand, at the top left corner of fol. 100v: ‘Cartusiensium est prope mogunciam’, boxed in. Identifiable with G V S in cat. ii.
MS. Laud Misc. 530 – Part B) (fols 101–124)
Contents
Abridged version of text varying from edition, with prologue and chapter lists (ed. A. Hilka, Die Wundergeschichten des Caesarius von Heisterbach. Dritter Band, Publikationen der Gesellschaft für Rheinische Geschichtskunde 43 (Bonn, 1937), this copy at pp. 5f. (siglum ‘1c’); Little 197, citing the present MS.; Bloomfield 4615, citing the present MS.).
Most exempla abridged; the arrangement of chapters within bk 2 differs from that of the edition and the list of chapters on fols 112vb–113rb: ?): cap. 1–17; 35–41 (beg.); (end of cap.) 24–34; 18–24 (beg.); (end of cap.) 41–42.
Four additional miracles at the end, edited by A. Hilka, loc. cit., 221f. (cap. 108–111), after this MS.
Physical Description
Collation
Layout
Ruling in lead point; two columns of c.38–44 lines Ruled space c.174–184 × 123–128 mm.
Hand(s)
German textualis, s. xiv2/4, by a single hand. Titles in upper margins added mainly by one, contemporary hand; occasional marginal corrections and maniculae in a hand of s. xivex/xvin from the Mainz Charterhouse.
Decoration
Coloured initials in red.
Rubrication.
History
Provenance
Mainz, Carthusian abbey of St Michael: the late 14th-cent. ex-libris inscription at the lower margin of fol. 101r, framed in red: ‘Iste liber est fratrum carthusiensium prope moguntie’.
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Last Substantive Revision
2023-11-12: Description revised for Mainz digitization project to include additional information from Mairhofer catalogue.