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MS. Laud Misc. 98

Summary Catalogue no.: 1220

Composite: Bernard of Clairvaux; Germany (Eberbach?), 14th century, end | Arnold of Bonneval; Germany, c. 1200 and c. 1300 | Origen; Germany (Lorsch), 9th century, first half

Physical Description

Composite: fols. 1–66 || fols. 67–75 || fols. 76–122 || fols. 123–202. Part 1 (s. xiv) is attributed to the Eberbach scriptorium; part 2 (c. 1300) is a supplement to part 3 (c. 1200). The four parts were together at Eberbach by 1502.
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: ii + 203 leaves
Dimensions (leaf): 274 × 175 mm.

Binding

Brown tanned calf over laminated pulpboard for Abp. Laud, 1637–1639.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Eberbach, Cistercian abbey: identifiable as T 17 in the library catalogue of 1502 (‘Vita sancti malachie Item Omelie origenis Initium Semper’).

William Laud, 1573–1645, 1637.

Part of his third donation to the Bodleian, 1639.

MS. Laud Misc. 98 – Part 1 (fols. 1r-66v)

Contents

1. (fols. 1r-33v)
Bernard of Clairvaux, Vita S. Malachiae
Rubric: Incipit prologus in vitam Sancti Malachie episcopi edita a beato Bernhardo, Claravallis abbate
Incipit: (prol.) Semper quidem opere precium fuit
Incipit: (text) (fol. 2r) Malachias noster ortus in Hybernia de populo barbaro

followed by:

(fols. 33v-34v)
Hymnus de S. Malachia
Incipit: Nobilis signis, moribus suavis

Ed. in Jean Leclercq & Henri Rochais, S. Bernardi Opera omnia 3: Tractatus et Opuscula (Rome 1963) pp. 525–526.

(fol. 34v)
Rubric: Epytaphium sepulchri sancti Malachie episcopi
Incipit: In vitam Scotie lege pontificis Malachie
Language(s): Latin
2. (fols. 35r-40v)
Ps.-Augustine, Epistula de transitu S. Hieronymi
Rubric: Incipit epistola Augustini ad Cyrillum Iherosolimitanum episcopum de magnificencia eximii doctoris Iheronimi presbiteri
Incipit: Gloriosissimi Christiane fidei athlete
Final rubric: Explicit epistula beati Augustini.
Language(s): Latin
3. (fols. 40v-65v; 66rv blank)
Ps.-Cyril, Epistula de transitu S. Hieronymi
Rubric: Incipit epistula sancti Cyrilli Iherusolimitani episcopi ad beatum Augustinum doctorem eximium de miraculis Iheronimi
Incipit: Venerabili viro episcoporum eximio Augustino
Final rubric: Explicit epistola beati Cirilli Secundi Ierosolimitani episcopi ad eximium doctorem Augustinum, Yponensem episcopum, de miraculis beati Ieronimi doctoris magnifici.
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Layout

1 col., 27 (fols. 1r-33r) or 30 (fols. 35r-65v) lines. Written space 185 × 110 mm.

Decoration

Red-and-blue puzzle initial with penwork, fol. 1r.

Coloured red initials.

History

Origin: 14th century, end ; German, Eberbach, Cistercian abbey (?)

Provenance

Possibly from the Eberbach scriptorium: cursive script on fol. 34v and the initial on fol. 1r similar in style to MS. Laud Misc. 125 (Palmer, 105, 287).

MS. Laud Misc. 98 – Part 2 (fols. 67–75)

Contents

Language(s): Latin

1. (fols. 67rv)
Arnold of Bonneval, De sex uerbis domini in cruce
Incipit: (prol.) Ultima Christi verba que cruci affixus novi Testamenti heredibus tractanda proposuit
Explicit: (prol.) dulcedinum multitudo proposita contineat.

Preface only. Text found on fols. 100v-117v, see below.

PL 189. 1677–726; Stegmüller, Bibl. 2254.

2. (fols. 67v-75v)
Arnold of Bonneval, Hexaemeron

Recension B of Arnold of Bonneval's Hexaemeron: divided in two parts, one written in a hand of about 1300 (fols. 67v-75v), and the other in a hand about 1200 (fols. 76r-122r).

Incipit: Omnium que sunt, moventur et vivunt

PL 189. 1515–70; Stegmüller, Bibl. 2251; R. U. Smith, "Arnold of Bonneval, Bernard of Clairvaux, and Bernard's Epistle 310", Analecta Cisterciensia 49 (1993), 273–318, esp. pp. 298–299.

Text continues on fol. 76r-100v. Preface on fols. 120v-122r.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Layout

1 col., 31 lines. Written space 185 × 110 mm.

Decoration

Coloured red initials.

History

Origin: c. 1300 ; German

MS. Laud Misc. 98 – Part 3 (fols. 76–122)

Contents

Language(s): Latin

1. (fols. 76r-100v)
Arnold of Bonneval, Hexaemeron

Original beginning lacking, but supplemented c. 1300 with fols. 67–75.

Incipit: concurrit. Genuit fluctibus suis immensa actio et suspirat
Explicit: laboris esse inutilis arbitrari sumus.
2. (fols. 100v-117v)
Arnold of Bonneval, De sex verbis
Incipit: (text) Post regulas fidei Evangelico dogmate promulgatas
Explicit: fiant doctores, et qui sepulti, magistri.

For the prologue, see above.

3. (fols. 117v-120v)
Arnold of Bonneval, De laudibus B.M.V.
Incipit: Si linguis hominum loquar et angelorum, nichil digne, nichil proprie
Explicit: dum erroneum lucraretur.

PL 189. 1725–34.

4. (fols. 120v-122r; 122v blank)
Arnold of Bonneval, Hexaemeron, praefatio
Incipit: Apud hebreos ante Moysen
Explicit: in hoc eodem libro Angelorum creatio et diabolii casus licet manifeste non sit ibi harum rerum expressa distinctio. Explicit liber.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Layout

2 cols., 34 lines. Written space 190 × 105 mm. Written above top line.

Decoration

Coloured red initials.

History

Origin: c. 1200 ; German

MS. Laud Misc. 98 – Part 4 (fols. 123–202v)

Contents

1. (fols. 123r-132r)
Origen, Homilies on 1 Kings
Rubric: Incipit liber Omeliarum Origenis Adamanti in libro Regum, Esaiae, Hieremiae, Hiezechielis. I. De Helcana, et Fennana, et Anna et Samuhel, et de Heli et Ofni et Finee.
Incipit: Non tunc tantummodo Deus plantauit paradysum
Language(s): Latin
2. (fols. 132r-144v)
Origen, Homilies on the Song of Songs
Rubric: In exordium Cantici Canticorum, usque ad eum locum in quo ait, Quoadusque rex veniat in recubitu suo
Incipit: Quomodo discimus per Moysen esse
Language(s): Latin
3. (fols. 144v-164v)
Origen, Homilies on Isaiah
Rubric: Incipit in Esaia Omelia i
Incipit: Quam diu Ozyas rex vixit
Language(s): Latin
4. (fols. 165r-201v; 202rv blank)
Origen, Homilies on Jeremiah
Rubric: Quo tempore Hieremias exorsus prophetare et sub quibus principibus prophetauit et infra quae dicta sunt ei a Domino
Incipit: Deus ad benefaciendum promptus est
Explicit: et cum hebreis consonant non debui neque ||

Imperfect at end.

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Layout

1 col., 35 lines. Written space 210 × 125 mm.

Decoration

Initials in the ink of the text.

Rubrics in rustic capitals.

History

Origin: 9th century, first half ; German, Lorsch, Benedictine abbey (Bischoff)

Provenance

Lorsch, Benedictine abbey: identifiable in the 3rd library catalogue from Lorsch (III, fol. 25v-26v, according to B. Bischoff, Lorsch im Spiegel seiner Handschriften, 1974, p. 119f; quoted from Palmer).

Additional Information

Record Sources

Description adapted by Tuija Ainonen and Matthew Holford (January 2020) from the following sources (with additional description of the contents and physical description):
Nigel F. Palmer, Zisterzienser und ihre Bücher: die mittelalterliche Bibliotheksgeschichte von Kloster Eberbach im Rheingau (Regensburg, 1998), pp. 105, 215, 253, 287 [physical description, date, origin, provenance]
R. U. Smith, "Arnold of Bonneval, Bernard of Clairvaux, and Bernard's Epistle 310", Analecta Cisterciensia 49 (1993), 273–318, pp. 298–299.
H. O. Coxe, Laudian Manuscripts, Quarto Catalogues II, repr. with corrections, 1969, from the original ed. of 1858–1885 [contents, acquisition]
Quarto Catalogue, cols. 103–4
Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 1, p. 52

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (full digital facsimile)
Bibliotheca Laureshamensis – digital (fols. 123–201)
Digital Bodleian (1 image from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

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Last Substantive Revision

2020-01-30: Description revised for Polonsky digitization project to include additional information from printed descriptions.