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MS. Laud Lat. 28

Summary Catalogue no.: 1073

A) (fols 1-23) Commentary on John, Germany, s. xiv; B) (fols 24-123) Gospel of John, with gloss; Germany, s. xii.

Physical Description

Composite: A) (fols 1–23) || B) (fols 24–123)
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: ii (17th-cent.) + 123 + ii (17th-cent.) leaves
Foliation: i-ii, 1-125 in modern (19th-cent.) pencil.

Binding

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

History

Provenance and Acquisition

William Laud, 1573–1645: Parts A and B brought together in course of Laudian binding. Ex-libris inscription of Archbp. Laud, dated 1638, at the lower margin of fol. ii-verso.

Given to the Bodleian as part of his third donation, dispatched on 28 June 1639.

MS. Laud Lat. 28 – Part A) (fols 1-23)

Contents

(fols 1–20v)
Commentary on St. John's Gospel
Rubric: Commentum super principium ewangelij Johannis
Incipit: Credere oportet accedentem ad deum quia est, quia deo placere est impossibile hominem sine fide. Sed quoniam eloquia sacra semper esse precipiunt nos paratos
Explicit: igitur erit incertus se

Stegmüller, Bibl., 10066 (this manuscript), 8828, (Braunschweig, Stadtbibliothek Braunschweig, Mscr 112 fols. 1r-22v).

Apparently breaks off incomplete. Fols. 21-23 ruled but left blank.

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Secundo Folio: et secundum (f. 2r)
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Dimensions (leaf): 240 × 160 mm.

Collation

1(8)-2(8), 3(8-1, last cancelled?)

Layout

Ruling in lead point, double column of 49 lines. Ruled space 200 × 125 mm.

Hand(s)

Gothic textualis, s. xiv, by a single hand. Occasional marginal notes.

Decoration

Coloured initials in red.

History

Origin: 14th century ; Germany

Provenance

Mainz, Carthusian abbey of St Michael (?): Possible identification as L V S c in cat. 2 (Mainz, StB, Hs I 576, fol. 159r) = cat. 1 L VII P (Mainz, StB, Hs I 577, fol. 263v) from evidence of corresponding title reference (in cat . 1): ‘Commentum super principium ewangelii Johannis’ (f. 1r).

MS. Laud Lat. 28 – Part B) (fols 24-123)

Contents

(fols 24r–123r)
St. John's Gospel, with glossa ordinaria
Incipit: Hic est Iohannes euuangelista unus ex discipulis
Incipit: (fol. 24v) Omnibus diuine scripture paginis euangelium excellit
Incipit: (fol. 25v) Contra eos qui propter temporalem substantiam(?) uel natiuitatem dicebant Christum non semper fuisse
Incipit: (fol. 26r) In patre qui est principium sine principio
Incipit: (fol. 26r) Verbum non prolatum sed semper manens scilicet sapientia
Explicit: (fol. 123r) uerba uideantur excedere fidem per hiperbolem

Stegmüller, Bibl. 11830

Fol. 123v blank.

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Secundo Folio: sciens super uenisse (f. 25r)
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Dimensions (leaf): 240 × 160 mm.

Layout

Ruling in plummet, three columns; main column 14 widely-spaced lines; marginal gloss is ruled ad hoc for c. 34 lines. Overall ruled space 240 × 160 mm.

Hand(s)

Protogothic, s. xii, by a single hand for Bible text and marginal and interlinear glosses, above top line. Same scribe as MS. Laud Lat. 30 (Part A), as recognized by Nicolson (Summary Catalogue II.i.46). Annotations in a later medieval hand (fols. 24r-25r).

Decoration

Interlace initial (f. 26r).

Coloured initial in red with a blue highlight (f. 24r).

History

Origin: 12th century ; Germany

Provenance

Eberbach, Cistercian Abbey of the Virgin Mary (?): same scribe as MS. Laud Lat. 30 (Part A) (also with probable Eberbach provenance), as recognized by Nicolson (Summary Catalogue II.i.46). Frequent nota marks and other marginal notes as also found in MS. Laud Lat. 30 and MS. Laud Misc. 244, the latter with Eberbach ex libris. Probably identifiable as D 8 in the Eberbach catalogue of 1502 ('Iohannes glosatus initium Hic est Iohannes ewangelista': N. Palmer, Zisterzienser und ihre Bucher (1998), 235, without reference to the present manuscript)

Additional Information

Record Sources

Description by Alison Ray and Matthew Holford, Jan. 2024. Previously described in the Quarto Catalogue (H. O. Coxe, Laudian Manuscripts, Quarto Catalogues II, repr. with corrections, 1969, from the original ed. of 1858–1885).
Quarto Catalogue, col. 16
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 2, part 1, p. 46

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Last Substantive Revision

2025-04-22: Sebastian Dows-Miller. Corrected typo in leaf measurement.