MS. Laud Misc. 75
Summary Catalogue no.: 1113
Theological composite manuscript; A) (fols. 1–9) France, s. xiii2 and Mainz Charterhouse, s. xv; B) (fols. 10–33) Germany, s. xivmed; C) (fols. 34–44) Germany, s. xivmed
Contents
This description is abbreviated from Daniela Mairhofer, Medieval Manuscripts from the Mainz Charterhouse in the Bodleian Library, Oxford: A Descriptive Catalogue (Oxford, 2018), pp. 288–315. For purposes of scholarly citation, reference to the printed catalogue is requested.
Physical Description
Binding
Brown reversed calf over laminated pulpboard for Abp. Laud, 1637–1639.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Mainz, Charterhouse St Michael: MS. Laud Misc. 75 is composed of three different parts, one of which was supplemented in the Mainz Charterhouse, in the 15th century (part A). The list of contents on fol. 44v (quoted under C) Provenance), inserted at the Charterhouse in a hand of s. xv, is evidence that the book existed in its present form already at the time when the inscription was inserted; it was, however, larger then, with Homilies by Gregory the Great, the seven Canonical Epistles as well as Apocalypse preceding current item 1; there was probably also more text at the end.
William Laud, 1573–1645: his ex-libris inscription, dated 1638, at the lower margin of fol. 1r.
Given to the Bodleian as part of his third donation, dispatched on 28 June 1639.
MS. Laud Misc. 75 - part A (fols. 1–9)
Contents
Fol. 1, a 15th-cent. leaf hooked around the first quire containing item 1.1, is a supplement to item 1.2, written at the Mainz Charterhouse, to judge from script: the original passion of St Catherine (fols 2ra–9vb) was supplemented with the Conversio and, prefixed to it, a list of chapters, and the complete work labelled ‘Gesta beate Katherine’.
cf. BHL 1669 and BHL nov. suppl. 1669b
BHL 1663 & BHL nov. suppl.
Chevalier 23292, this copy only; Hauréau, Initia, 1. 130ra, citing the present MS. only.
Physical Description
Layout
Ruling in faint lead point and ink, two columns of c.47–53 lines, below top line. Ruled space c.198–202 × 142–52 mm.
Hand(s)
(fols. 2r–9v) French textualis by a single hand.
(fol. 1r–v) Supplement, in German bastarda of s. xv, inserted at the Mainz Charterhouse.
Decoration
Fleuronnée initials.
Red rubrics.
History
Provenance
Mainz, Charterhouse St Michael: Supplement fol. 1 in German bastarda of s. xv, inserted at the Mainz Charterhouse (to judge from script).
MS. Laud Misc. 75 - part B (fols. 10–33)
Contents
Boniface to Marcellus; the arrangement of the texts, most of which are not identifiable, does not always follow the order of the church year.
Fol. 33v blank.
Physical Description
Layout
Ruling in ink, one column of 41 or (mostly) 42 lines. Ruled space c.230–33 × 155–58 mm.
Hand(s)
German textualis, a single hand
Decoration
Scribal red rubrics
Line-fillers.
History
Provenance
Mainz, Charterhouse St Michael: late 14th-century ex-libris inscriptions at the top centre of fol. 10r and, in the same hand, of fol. 33v. Identifiable as D XXII T in cat. ii.
MS. Laud Misc. 75 - part C (fols. 34–44)
Contents
With appendices:
See also MS. Laud Misc. 375, fols 93v–94r.
cf. WIC 14054Fol. 44v blank.
Physical Description
Layout
Ruling in ink, two columns of 49 lines. Ruled space c.205–10 × 147–50 mm.
Hand(s)
German textualis, by several hands
Decoration
Fleuronnée initial
Initials in red.
Rubrics by the text hands
History
Provenance
Mainz, Charterhouse St Michael: late 14th-century ex-libris inscription at the upper centre of fol. 44v; a 15th-century list of contents, inserted by a Carthusian hand from Mainz, at the upper left-hand part of fol. 44v.
Additional Information
Record Sources
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (full digital facsimile)
Bibliography
Published descriptions:
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2023-01-16: Description revised for Mainz digitization project to include additional information from Mairhofer catalogue.