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MS. Laud Lat. 29

Summary Catalogue no.: 1221

Physical Description

Composite: fols. 1–24 || fol. 25 || fols. 26–170

MS. Laud Lat. 29 – Part 1

Contents

Canonical Epistles, with gloss
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Flourished initials

History

Origin: 13th century, first half ; German (?)

MS. Laud Lat. 29 – Part 2

Contents

Sacramentary (fragment)
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 11th century, late - 12th century, early ; German

MS. Laud Lat. 29 – Part 3

Contents

Pauline Epistles, with gloss 'Pro altercatione'.

Fol. 171 (flyleaf) is now bound separately as MS. Laud Lat. 29*.

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Good initials, partly mutilated. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 49)

History

Origin: 12th century, middle ; Italian, North (?)

Additional Information

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Quarto Catalogue (H. O. Coxe, Laudian Manuscripts, Quarto Catalogues II, repr. with corrections, 1969, from the original ed. of 1858–1885). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1970).
Quarto Catalogue, col. 16
Quarto Catalogue, p. 538 (addenda)
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 2, part 1, p. 52

Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    Daniela Mairhofer, Medieval Manuscripts from the Mainz Charterhouse in the Bodleian Library, Oxford: A Descriptive Catalogue, 2 vols. (Oxford, 2018), pp. 149–156
    S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 5: Fragments - Mass Books (typescript, 1957), p. 236

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2017-07-01: First online publication.