A catalogue of Western manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries and selected Oxford colleges

MS. Laud Lat. 31

Summary Catalogue no.: 1549

Physical Description

Composite: fols. 6–129 || fols. 130–168 || fols. 169–204 || fols. 205–288 || fols. 229–232

Binding

Mid-13th century.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Eynsham, Oxfordshire, Benedictine abbey of St Mary the Virgin, St Benedict and All Saints: "Liber sancte Marie de egnesham" (fol. 6r). ".B. IX." (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).

"Nota hic bene quod Thomas Wynchecombe" (s. xv). (MLGB3)

MS. Laud Lat. 31 – Part 1

Contents

2.
Iulianus Pomerius, De uita contemplatiua (attrib. Prosper)
Language(s): Latin
3.
Life of St. Ignatius
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 13th century, beginning ; English

MS. Laud Lat. 31 – Part 2

Contents

1.
Bernard of Clairvaux, De consideratione
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 13th century, beginning ; English

MS. Laud Lat. 31 – Part 3

Contents

1.
Canonical Epistles, with gloss
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 13th century, beginning ; English

MS. Laud Lat. 31 – Part 4

Contents

1.
Jerome, Aduersus Iovinianum
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Good initial. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 314)

History

Origin: 13th century, beginning ; English

MS. Laud Lat. 31 – Part 5

Contents

1.
Defensor of Ligugé, Liber scintillarum (fragm., from cap. 24)
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 13th century, beginning ; English

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 (1973).

Bibliography

Last Substantive Revision

2021-12-14: Add provenance information from MLGB3.