MS. Laud Misc. 562
Summary Catalogue no.: 874
A: Robert Holcot; France (Paris), 1347; B: Jeremiah and Lamentations, glossed; Germany (?), 12th century
Physical Description
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. 562 – Part 1 (fols. 1–194)
Contents
Language(s): Latin
There are pecia marks for a total of 85 (?) pieces.
Physical Description
Layout
2 cols., 53 lines, column space 195 × 60 mm.
Hand(s)
Written by Frater Henricus de Stethin de Alamania, fol. 189.
Decoration
Historiated initial (fol. 1r): Cistercian monk kneeling before Mary and Christ.
Decorated initial (fol. 2r)
Borders
Penwork initials.
Rubrics.
History
Provenance
Eberbach, Cistercian abbey: ex libris, 14th century (fol. 194v)
Probably identifiable as E 7 in the Eberbach library catalogue of 1502.
MS. Laud Misc. 562 – Part 2 (fols. 195–327)
Contents
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Hand(s)
‘Petrus me fecit’, fol. 287r, the scribe of the gloss (?)
Decoration
Floriate initial with animal forms, unfinished, fol. 196r.
No other decoration or rubrication; spaces left for initials.
History
Provenance
Albuinus, monk of Eberbach Abbey recorded as the commissioner (?) of the first text in Part 2 (Palmer, pp. 146, 296).
Eberbach, Cistercian abbey: ex libris (fol. 195r).
Perhaps identifiable as C 20 and/or a 16 in the Eberbach library catalogue of 1502.
Additional Information
Record Sources
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (full digital facsimile)
Digital Bodleian (4 images from 35mm slides)
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.