MS. Laud Misc. 87
Summary Catalogue no.: 867
A Geoffrey Babio, Commentary on Matthew; Germany, s. xiex/xiiin; B Acts, Apocalypse; Germany, s. xiv2; C Augustine, Cassiodorus, Ambrose; Germany (Eberbach), s. xii4/4
Physical Description
Binding
Brown tanned calf over laminated pulpboard for Abp. Laud, 1637–1639.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
The present volume is made up of three parts: two Charterhouse copies (A & B) and one from Eberbach (C), bound together the 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. 87 – Part A (fols. 1–67)
Contents
Similar to Ps.-Maximus of Turin, serm. 18 = Caesarius of Arles, serm. 227 (Ps.-Augustine, serm. 229)
See MS. Vatican City, BAV, Pal. lat. 431, fols 227r–228r.
from Jerome(?); Gregory the Great, Homiliae xl in evangelia
Short sentences, introduced by paraphs.
Stegmüller, Bibl. 11234; 11827 (prologue to Glossa ordinaria in Matthew).
The first lines of this text appear as a gloss to St Jeromes’ prologue in Oxford, St John’s College, MS. 111, fol. 112ra (Northern France, s. xii2).
Includes a mystical interpretation of Christ's genealogy (fol. 65v). See Cologne, Stadtarchiv, W 215, fol. 1r–v (prologue to the Glossa ordinaria), etc.
Mainly relating to the Gospels, but also on baptism.
See also Oxford, St John’s College, MS. 111, fol. 112ra.
Physical Description
Layout
Ruling in hard point, two columns of c. 49–53 lines. Ruled space c. 215–25 × 133–50 mm.
Hand(s)
Small Carolingian minuscule of a late type by a single hand, above top line.
History
Provenance
Mainz, Charterhouse St Michael: the late 14th-century ex-libris inscription at the lower right-hand margin of fol. 67r.
MS. Laud Misc. 87 – Part B (fols. 68–92)
Contents
Physical Description
Layout
Ruling with a crayon, two columns of 41 or 42 lines. Ruled space c. 190–96 × 120–22 mm.
Hand(s)
German textualis, a single hand.
A hand of s. xivex from the Mainz Charterhouse corrected the text.
Decoration
Marginal sketches. (Pächt and Alexander i. 143)
Fleuronnée initials. (Pächt and Alexander i. 143)
Simple, mostly two-line initials alternately in red and blue.
History
Provenance
Mainz, Charterhouse St Michael: the late 14th-century ex-libris inscriptions at the upper right-hand margin of fol. 68r (in the same hand as A) fol. 67r), and at the lower margin.
Würzburg Charterhouse: an inscription suggests that the book was given to the Würzburg Charterhouse (Engelgarten; dedicated on 13 May 1352) for use (fol. 68r, lower margin).
MS. Laud Misc. 87 – Part C (fols. 93–240)
Contents
Language(s): Latin
The chapter sequence in book 3 irregular, some chapters interpolated in book 1 and 2.
Physical Description
Layout
Ruling in lead point, now much faded; one column of c. 32–38 lines. Ruled space c. 185–220 × 105–38 mm.
Hand(s)
Protogothic script, written by several hands originating from the Eberbach scriptorium, and all using Cistercian punctuation.
Extensively annotated in the margins, by contemporary and later hands, the youngest being an Eberbach hand dating from s. xvii1/3.
History
Provenance
Cistercian Abbey of Eberbach: the ex-libris inscriptions: late 12th-century (fols. 93r, 117r & 177r); 13th-century(?) (fol. 93r); 15th-century (fol. 93r). This copy ‘b 21’ in the catalogue of 1502 (Palmer, Zisterzienser, 264 & 286).
Additional Information
Record Sources
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (full digital facsimile)
Digital Bodleian (3 images from 35mm slides)
Bibliography
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2020-09-16: Description revised for Polonsky digitization project to include additional information from Mairhofer catalogue.