MS. Laud Lat. 27
Summary Catalogue no.: 1098
Contents
The four Gospels (fols. 17v, 73v, 115v, 177), preceded by canon tables (fols. 2r-9v), and by Jerome's preface to the Gospels (Stegmüller, Bibl. 595), fols. 10r.-16v
Followed by:
Christmas tide (fol. 221), the months January-March (fol. 222), Septuagesima-Easter (fol. 225), the months April-December (fol. 229), votive masses (fol. 239) and masses for the dead (fol. 240).
Dedication of the church, 13 May.
Physical Description
Layout
23 lines
Hand(s)
Added flex punctuation.
Decoration
Good Canon Tables.
Fine borders.
Fine initials. The beginnings of the Gospels are written in gold or minium on purple. Close in style to Wolfenbüttel, Herzog-August Bibliothek, Cod. Guelf. 426 Helmst.(Pächt and Alexander i. 24, pl. II)
Each gospel preceded by 2 full-page miniatures on a purple background.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Eberbach, Cistercian abbey: ex libris, 12th century, fol. 1v: ‘Liber sanctae Mariae de Everbach’.
Identifiable as a20 or a21 in the Eberbach library catalogue of 1502.
William Laud, 1573–1645, 1637.
Part of his third donation to the Bodleian, 1639.
Record Sources
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (full digital facsimile)
Digital Bodleian (6 images from 35mm slides)
Bibliography
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2019-02-07: Description revised for Polonsky to incorporate all information in Palmer, van Dijk, Pächt and Alexander and Quarto catalogues.