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MS. Laud Lat. 107

Summary Catalogue no.: 1237

Numbers, Joshua, Judges and St. Luke's Gospel, glossed; 12th century, second half, France (?)

Physical Description

Composite: fols. 1–68 || fols. 69–133 || fols. 134–175
Form: codex
Support: Parchment
Extent: 175 leaves
Dimensions (leaf): 290 × 200 mm.
Dimensions (written): 205 × 165 mm.

Binding

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

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Albuinus and Eberbach, Cistercian abbey: ex libris inscription, first quarter of the 13th century, ‘Liber sancte Marie de Everbach: Albwinus’ (fol. 1r);

Eberbach, Cistercian abbey: ownership inscriptions, 14th and 15th centuries, ‘Liber sancte Marie virginis in Eberbach’ (fol. 174v)

Identifiable as 'a 5' in the Eberbach library catalogue of 1502.

William Laud, 1573–1645, 1638.

Part of his third donation to the Bodleian, 1639.

MS. Laud Lat. 107 – Part 1 (fols. 1–68v)

Contents

Language(s): Latin

1. (fols. 2r-68r)
Numbers, with gloss
Incipit: (gloss) Origenes. Divinis numeris non omnes digni sunt

Fol. 68v blank.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Red and yellow initial with yellow pen flourising.

History

Origin: 12th century, second half ; France (?)

MS. Laud Lat. 107 – Part 2 (fols. 69r-133v)

Contents

Language(s): Latin

1. (fols. 69r-100v)
Joshua, with gloss
Incipit: (gloss) Adamantius. Donavit Deus
2. (fols. 101r-133v)
Judges, with gloss
Incipit: (gloss) Isidorus. Historia Judicum non parva

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 12th century, second half ; France (?)

MS. Laud Lat. 107 – Part 3 (fols. 134r-175v)

Contents

Language(s): Latin

1. (fols. 134r-174v)
St. Luke's Gospel, with gloss
Incipit: (gloss) De omnibus que fecit

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Flourished initials in red and blue.

History

Origin: 12th century, second half ; France (?)

Additional Information

Record Sources

Description adapted by Tuija Ainonen (October 2019) from the following sources (with additional description of ex libris on fol. 174v):
Nigel F. Palmer, Zisterzienser und ihre Bücher: die mittelalterliche Bibliotheksgeschichte von Kloster Eberbach im Rheingau (Regensburg, 1998), pp. 144, 261, 286 [physical description, date, origin, provenance]
H. O. Coxe, Laudian Manuscripts, Quarto Catalogues II, repr. with corrections, 1969, from the original ed. of 1858–1885 [contents, acquisition]
Quarto Catalogue, col. 49
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 2, part 1, p. 53

Digital Images

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Digital Bodleian (2 images from 35mm slides)

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Last Substantive Revision

2019-10-03: Description revised for Polonsky digitization project to include additional information from printed descriptions.