MS. Laud Misc. 69
Summary Catalogue no.: 958
Commentaries on Matthew; A Germany, s. xiiex, B France, c. 1200
Physical Description
Binding
Brown tanned calf over laminated pulpboard for Abp. Laud, 1637–1639.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
MS. Laud Misc. 69, composed of two fascicles, is an English product: a commentary on Matthew (Charterhouse) and the Gospel of Matthew (Eberbach), bound together since the late 1630s.
William Laud, 1573–1645: his ex libris, 1638, fol. 1r.
Given to the Bodleian as part of his third donation, dispatched on 28 June 1639.
MS. Laud Misc. 69 - Part A (fols. 1-128)
Contents
Imperfect, the text breaks off at cap. 20, as is already noted by a 15th-century hand (f. 128v).
Physical Description
Layout
Ruling in lead point or with crayon, two columns of mostly 30 lines. Ruled space c. 154–73 × 104–07 mm.
Hand(s)
German protogothic script, s. xiiex, above top line, by one main hand.
Decoration
Border (fol. 1r). (P&A i. 113)
Good initials. One- to seven-line fleuronnée initials in red, with acanthus motif, in the ink of the text and in red.
Simple, mostly one- or two-line initials in red.
Headers, secondarily added by a rough hand in red and blue, across top margins.
History
Provenance
Written in Germany, s. xiiex, judging by script and style.
Mainz, Charterhouse St Michael: the late 14th-century ex-libris inscriptions at the head of fol. 1r and fol. 128v, in the same hand.
MS. Laud Misc. 69 - Part B (fols. 130-286)
Contents
Fol. 129rv blank, except for an ownership note and ex-libris inscription of Eberbach abbey.
Stegmüller 7496 (Robert of Worcester?)
Stegmüller 590 (=591).
Physical Description
Layout
Ruling in lead point, the number of lines varies: (fols. 130ra–135rb) two columns, (fols. 135va–286rc) three columns; (fol. 286v) one column. Ruled space c. 144–56 × 118–33 mm.
Hand(s)
French protogothic script, by a single hand; three sizes of script.
Decoration
Good initial (fol. 133v). (P&A i. 83)
Mostly one-line initials in red or green, with decoration in red and the ink of the text.
History
Provenance
Written in France, around 1200, to judge from script and parchment.
Cistercian Abbey of Eberbach: owned by Magister Hugo, a monk, see the inscription dating from c. 1200–1225 at the upper centre of fol. 129r. For further manuscripts owned by ‘Magister Hugo’, see Palmer, Zisterzienser, 144f. This fascicle probably ‘D 5’ in the catalogue of 1502 (Palmer, Zisterzienser, 235).
Additional Information
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Last Substantive Revision
2020-09-15: Description revised for Polonsky digitization project to include additional information from Mairhofer catalogue.