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

MS. Laud Lat. 46

Summary Catalogue no.: 1012

Rámon Lull, Margarete Porete, pseudo-Augustine, (pseudo-) Jerome, (pseudo-) Seneca; A-C northern Italy, 15th century, second quarter and middle

Physical Description

Three parts, together early, part A created as a supplement to part B by one of the scribes of part C. Early foliation, apparently by the same (fifteenth-century) hand which added the partial table of contents on fol. i(a) recto, probably the main scribe of A and C.
Secundo Folio: (fol. iii) utrum beata uirgo
Secundo Folio: (fol. 2) inconueniens. Ait
Secundo Folio: (fol. 96) pecunia perdidi
Form: codex
Extent: i + 11 + 94 + 15 + i leaves
Dimensions (leaf): 295 × 215 mm.
Foliation: Modern foliation in pencil: i-x (i is doubled), 1–110 (67–70 are omitted, fol. 73 four-foliated, fol. 93 doubled)
Foliation: Earlier foliation in ink visible on some pages, some trimmed off.

Binding

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

History

Origin: In the revised Quarto catalogue R. W. Hunt described this volume as 'written in Germany', presumably on palaeographical grounds. But on grounds of script, abbreviations and codicology an Italian origin for the whole volume seems more likely (as suggested by Römer (1971) p. 125). The script of fols. i-x and 95–105 is particularly marked by Italian features and spellings (such as 'x' for 's', 'concluxiones', 'glorioxus' etc.); Italian characteristics in fols. 1–94 include the abbreviations for 'qui', '-tur' and spellings such as 'sesaginta' (fol. 80vb).

Provenance and Acquisition

This manuscript is perhaps to be associated with others acquired by Laud from Italy (apparently mostly from Venice) in 1637 (Quarto Catalogue, p. xxvii). 'E 89' on fol. ii recto is the former Laudian shelfmark.

William Laud, 1573–1645, 1637.

Part of his third donation to the Bodleian, 1639.

MS. Laud Lat. 46 – Part A (fols. i(b)-x)

Contents

Language(s): Latin

1*. (fol. i(b) recto)
Ps.-Lentulus, De forma et statura nostri redemptoris
Incipit: Quidam Lentulus romanus dum esset officialis in prouincia Iudee pro Romanis tempore
Incipit: Apparuit temporibus istis et adhuc est homo
Explicit: rarus et modestus

Stegmüller, Bibl. 158,1 (without the prologue)

Added with a later cursive hand.

Preceded by a partial list of contents with earlier folio references, in a different hand.

1. (fols. i(b)recto- vii recto)
Tables to art. 2
(fols. 1b ra-iii ra)

Capitula

Rubric: Deus qui es sumus in omnibus bonis ad tuam laudem et honorem incipit disputatio heremite et Raymundi super aliquibus dubiis sententiarum magistri Petri Lombardi.
Incipit: Utrum theologia scit scientia proprie
Explicit: existens separata receperit. Deo gracias semper.
(fols. iii va - vii ra)

Alphabetical index

Rubric: Notabilia uel summe siue conclusiones collecte in libro […]
Incipit: Adam uicta prima temptatione adhuc potuiset vincere 81
Explicit: Christus non habuit naturam generandi quia non assumpsit hominem 101. Deo gracias semper.

Fols. vii vb -x verso blank.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Paper. Watermark: Dreiburg, on a chainline, 23 × 25 mm. , with 55mm. between chainlines; cf. Piccard XVI.i nos. 77–87 (Udine, etc., 1448–1463)

Collation

10+1 (one leaf, fol. i(b), added at the beginning)

Layout

2 cols., c. 39–44 lines. Written space 205–215 × 140–145 mm.

Hand(s)

Hybrida by one scribe (the same as part C, fols. 95–102) with later additions on fol. i(b)r.

Decoration

Plain coloured initials in alternating red and blue, 2 lines; alternating red and blue paraphs.

Rubrics.

History

Origin: 15th century, middle (as part C) ; Italy, North

MS. Laud Lat. 46 – Part B (fols. 1–94)

Contents

Language(s): Latin

2. (fols. 1ra-66rb(66–70r))
Rámon Lull, Quaestiones super Sententias
Incipit: (praef.) (fol. 1r) Raymundus Parisius studens statumque mundi huius perversum considerans
Rubric: Questiones super primo libro sententiarum. Questio prima.
Incipit: (text) (fol. 1v)Questio prima. Utrum theologia sit scientia proprie. Solucio. Raymundus respondit dicens quod theologia est scientia duobus modis
Explicit: in quorum custodia Raymundus hunc librum commendavit etc.
Final rubric: Finito libro sit laus et gloria Christo.

Rest of fol. 66rb blank.

3. (fols. 66va-b(66–70v), 72ra)
Margarete Porete, Le Mirouer des Simples Ames (Latin tr.)
Rubric: In nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti. Amen. Incipit liber qui appelatur speculum animarum simplicium et hec vocatur Margarita.
Incipit: Anima tacta a Deo et a peccatis exuta
Explicit: (fol. 66vb) ut omnes nostre cogitationes ||
Incipit: ||(fol. 72ra) describit. quia omnes alii usus
Explicit: (fol. 72ra) fructum faciat centesimum in hiis qui audierint et digni erunt. Amen. Deo gratias.

Twenty-five leaves missing after fol. 66 according to the early foliation: the bulk of the text presumably excised due to its heterodox character. Fol. 71, misbound since the time of the early foliation, belongs after fol. 76 and is catalogued with item 8. Fol. 72ra contains the final sentences of the approbatio (c. 140) of Margarete's text.

4. (fols. 72ra-73ra)
Angela da Fulgineo, Liber
Incipit: Si cum infra scripta contigerit legere uel uidere
Explicit: in diuersis custodiis

⟨Testificatio to the Liber⟩

Incipit: In nomine sancte unitatis et indiuidue trinitatis patris et filii et spiritus sancti Amen. Iesu Christe fili dei uiui miserere nobis. Uere fidelium experiencia probat
Rubric: Incipit libellus de uita, doctrina et reuelationbus beate Angele de Fulgines
Incipit: Uere fidelium experiencia probat
Explicit: cum rebus seculi

Fol. 73rb, fols. 73v-73(quater)v blank.

Items 5–12 derive from a collection of pseudo-Augustinian and other material assembled in Italy perhaps around 1300, discussed by F. Römer, 'A Late Medieval Collection of Epistles Ascribed to Saint Augustine', Augustinian Studies 2 (1971) 115–44; 3 (1972) 147–89; CPPM IIA. nos. 199–203. The full collection comprises 55 pseudo-Augustinian letters (CPPM IIA.203/1–55), two introductory letters (CPPM IIA.200/1–2), two appendices (CPPM IIA.201, 202) and seven additional letters (CPPM IIA.199/1–7).

5. (fols. 74ra-75rb)
⟨Ps.-⟩Augustine, Epistles
a. (fol. 74ra)
Rubric: Epistola beati Augustini ad Petrum dyaconum Utrum mali in inferno peccent
Incipit: Dilecto filo Petro Augustinus episcopus salutem ... Utrum mali in inferno peccabunt
Explicit: habere poterunt

CPPM IIA.203/1, ed. Römer (1971), p. 129.

b. (fol. 74ra-b)
Rubric: Epistula ad eundem de Lazari et diuitis uerbis
Incipit: Quia fili prima questio
Explicit: pro quo ora

CPPM IIA.203/2, ed. Römer (1971), p. 129.

c. (fols. 74rb-va)
Rubric: Idem ad Marcellum de potestate ligandi atque soluendi et dignitate sacerdotis
Incipit: Illi namque in hac uita
Explicit: ora pro me

CPPM IIA.203/3, ed. Römer (1971), pp. 130–31.

d. (fols. 74va-75ra)
Rubric: Idem ad Bonifacium comittem[sic] de ueritate mendacio indicatio et adulatione
Incipit: Bonifacio comitti[sic] uiro clarissomo Augustinus Yponensis episcopus salutem. Inter cetera que tibi pro nunc scribo
Explicit: non sequemur. Vale etc.

CPPM IIA.203/4, ed. Römer (1971), p. 131–32.

e. (fol. 75ra)
Rubric: Idem ad idem de expellendo mortis timore
Incipit: Uenerando merito quia collendo[sic] Bonifacio Augustinus Yponensis episcopus salutem. Arduam rem et difficilem
Explicit: deus noster. Amen.

CPPM IIA.203/5, ed. Römer (1971), p. 132.

f. (fol. 75ra-b)
Rubric: Augustinus ad Henodium[sic] utrum parabolice a Christo dicta fata fuerint uera
Incipit: Diligendo fratri et quem in ueritate Henodio[sic] mihi carissimo Augustinus epsicopus salutem. Recepi litera tuas
Explicit: a domino dicebatur

CPPM IIA.203/6, ed. Römer (1971), p. 133.

6. (fol. 75rb)
Bernard of Clairvaux, Epistola ad Leontinum (ep. 538)
Rubric: Bernardi epistola ad Leontinum
Incipit: Bernardus abbas Clare ualensis in epistola ad Leontinum sic ait: Heu, frater, quid est quod audio de te
Explicit: antequam mergaris inferus

CPPM IIA.199/1

7. (fols. 75rb-va)
⟨Ps.-⟩Jerome, Ad Martialem de concubinis fugiendis (ep. supp. 65)
Rubric: Epistola beati Jeronimi ad Martialem episcopum et apostatatum[sic] a uia salutis
Incipit: Uita episcopi in omnibus irreprehensibilis esse debet
Explicit: quod panem doloris manducas

CPPM IIA.199/2

8. (fols. 75va-76rb, 71ra-vb, 77ra-77va)
⟨Ps.-⟩Augustine, Epistles
a. (fols. 75va-76ra)
Rubric: Epistola beati Augustini ad Cornelium philosophum ambitio Christu et superbum
Incipit: Cornelio philosopho Augustinus dei seruus et ut bonus salutem. Ut nobis per tuas litteras amicabiles
Explicit: filio uiuo et uero

CPPM IIA.203/8, ed. Römer (1971), p. 134.

b. (fol. 76ra)
Rubric: Augustinus ad Neptarium
Incipit: Domino eximio meritoque honorabilifratri Neptario frater Augustinus Aurelius Yponensis episcopus salutem in caritate non ficta. Recepi litteras tuas
Explicit: cum quo percuteretur

CPPM IIA.203/10, ed. Römer (1971), pp. 135–36.

c. (fol. 76ra-b)
Rubric: Augustinus ad Maurilianum de auaritia
Incipit: Nobili uiro et potenti Marsiliano Augustinus episcopus salutem eternam in Christo. Cum number multiplicata fuerit gloria
Explicit: desidero te in christo ualere. Amen.

CPPM IIA.203/11, ed. Römer (1971), pp. 136–137.

d. (fol. 76rb)
Rubric: Augustinus epistola ad Nepotianum
Incipit: Nepotiano dilecto Augustinus episcopus salutem. Licet sacerdos altissimi appelleris. Accepi litteras tuas in quibus dicis
Explicit: qui deuorabit. Vale. Vale. Vale.

CPPM IIA.203/15, ed. Römer (1971), p. 140.

e. (fol. 76va)
Rubric: Epistola Augustini ad Theophanum
Incipit: Teophano diligendo Augustinus episcopus salutem. Licet sacerdos altissimi appelleris, licet etiam sapientia
Explicit: non peccabis. Vale et ora pro nobis.

CPPM IIA.203/16, ed. Römer (1971), p. 140–41.

f. (fol. 76va-b)
Rubric: Augustinus ad Nembridum[sic]
Incipit: Dilecto filio Nembrido[sic]. Legi tuas fraternas littras in quibus dicis uelle
Explicit: sed post in sinu Habrahe ||

Beginning of CPPM IIA.203/17, ed. Römer (1971), p. 141, text continues fol. 71ra.

g. (fol. 71r-v)
Incipit: || collocatur. Hic ulteribus plenus sed post beatam spem consolatur
Explicit: in Christi nomine congregati

End of CPPM IIA.203/17 (misbound, continued from fol. 76v), ed. Römer (1971), pp. 141–42.

h. (fol. 71r)
Rubric: Augustinus ad Bonifacium militem de luxuria
Incipit: Magnifico et illustri uiro Bonifacio Augustinus episcopus salutem. Legitur frequenter ut uere puto
Explicit: tecum in eternum et ultra

CPPM IIA.203/18, ed. Römer (1971), pp. 142–43.

i. (fol. 71r-v)
Rubric: Augustinus ad Cirillum de operibus piis
Incipit: Amando filio quem diligo in ueritate Cirillo presbytero Augustinus episcopus Yponensis salutem et benedictionem. Querellam grandem de te auditam
Explicit: affectu respueremus. Vale in christo iesu.

CPPM IIA.203/19, ed. Römer (1972), p. 147.

j. (fol. 71v)
Rubric: Augustinus epistola ad Fabianum
Incipit: Dilecto in Christo Fabiano Augustinus episcopus salutem. Congratulor una tecum
Explicit: pater efficatur. Vale.

CPPM IIA.203/20, ed. Römer (1972), pp. 147–48.

k. (fol. 71v)
Rubric: Augustinus ad Brisinam de obedientia
Incipit: Dilecta filia quam puro corde diligo in ueritate Brisina Augustinus episcopus salutem et benedictionem. Licet famula sis et serua aliorum
Explicit: nomine constituam

CPPM IIA.203/21, ed. Römer (1972), p. 148.

l. (fol. 71vb)
Rubric: Augustinus ad Ualentinum de scientia
Incipit: Ualentino nobili et magnifico uiro domino Augustinus salutem. Grandi desiderio et affectu nuper audiui
Explicit: sunt debile fundementum. Non||

CPPM IIA.203/22, ed. Römer (1972), p. 149, text continues fol. 77ra.

m. (fol. 77ra)
Incipit: ||querentes docere
Explicit: folium arboris non mouetur. Vale et ora pro me.

CPPM IIA.203/22, ed. Römer (1972), p. 149, text continues from fol. 71vb.

n. (fol. 77ra-b)
Rubric: Augustinus ad Paulinum
Incipit: Si petis a me, Pauline frater, uturm Adam concupiuit
Explicit: consensus est

CPPM IIA.203/23, ed. Römer (1972), p. 150.

o. (fol. 77rb)
Rubric: Augustinus ad Cantianum militem
Incipit: Scripsisti nobis utrum delicate uestiri poetrat
Explicit: Ora pro me peccatore

CPPM IIA.203/24, ed. Römer (1972), p. 150.

p. (fol. 77rb-va)
Rubric: Augusini epistola ad Selentianam
Incipit: Si petis a me filia que sit uita melior
Explicit: sunt necessarie. Vale in christo.

CPPM IIA.203/25, ed. Römer (1972), p. 151.

9. (fol. 77va)
⟨Ps.-⟩Jerome, Ad Madrigum Libellum de mulieribus effugiendis (ep. supp. 66)
Rubric: De mulieribus fugiendis
Incipit: Ieronimus ad Medrigum prebiterum. Tentamenta clericorum sunt feminarum frequenter accessus. Et quid tibi reuelat O clerice qui cotidie ad altare cum domino fabularis
Explicit: Et sub eodem tecto cum eis nunquam dormias aut demores. Hec enim non solum doctrine seruorum Christi sed paganorum

Lambert 366; CPPM IIA.199/3 (=IIA.915); unpr.; begins as PL 30.288 (ep. supp. 42)

10. (fol. 77vb)
⟨Ps.-⟩Augustine, Epistles
Rubric: Augustinus ad Aurelianum
Incipit: Comes Aureliane magnifice. An ignoras quod deus
Explicit: sanguine redemit. Hec Agustinus.

CPPM IIA.203/26, ed. Römer (1972), pp. 151–52.

11. (fols. 77vb-78rb)
⟨Ps.-Jerome⟩(?), De divina sapientia
Rubric: De diuina sapientia
Incipit: Teodorus episcopus Tolletanus in epistola ad fratres sancti Rifi(ni). Attendant et uigilanter aduertant
Explicit: ad se reuocare. Hec Jeronimus.

CPPM IIA.199/4; pr. GW 2596, ISTC ia01270000, sig. d i v - d ii v.

12. (fols. 78ra-80ra)
⟨Ps.-⟩Augustine, Epistles
a. (fols. 78rb-va)
Rubric: Augustinus ad Ualentinum
Incipit: Si sapientia diuina repleri
Explicit: penitentiam fecerit

CPPM IIA.203/27, ed. Römer (1972), pp. 152–53.

b. (fol. 78va-b)
Rubric: Augustinus ad Lixarium prebyterum
Incipit: Suspicaris ut asseris et dubitare
Explicit: euitandam. Vale in christo.

CPPM IIA.203/28, ed. Römer (1972), p. 153.

c. (fols. 78vb-79rb)
Rubric: Epistola augustini ad Desiderium episcopum
Incipit: Desiderio episcopo augustinus eternam in Christo salutem. An ignoras quod in hoc mundo
Explicit: tibi profuerit

CPPM IIA.203/29, ed. Römer (1972), pp. 153–55.

d. (fol. 79rb)
Rubric: Augustinus ad Doroteum de presbyteris
Incipit: Dilecto filio Dorotheo Augustinus episcopus salutem. Caue ne amore inebriatus
Explicit: Aue fili ora pro me

CPPM IIA.203/31, ed. Römer (1972), p. 155.

e. (fols. 79rb-va)
Rubric: Augustinus ad Leontinam
Incipit: Dilecta filia Leontina Augustinus episcopus salutem. Cum natura hominum satis prompta
Explicit: Requiesce in pace et ora pro me

CPPM IIA.203/32, ed. Römer (1972), pp. 155–56.

f. (fol. 79va-b)
Rubric: Apistola Augustinus ad Anastasium quomodo saluari potest in diuitiis
Incipit: Dilecto et merito diligendo Anastasio Augustinus episcopus salutem. Si petis a me
Explicit: deprecare pro me

CPPM IIA.203/35, ed. Römer (1972), p. 158.

g. (fol. 79vb)
Rubric: Pars epistola Augustinus ad Cornelium de mercatoribus
Incipit: Cupis lucrari, caue ne a uero recedas
Explicit: cruciari in eternum

Part of CPPM IIA.203/38, ed. Römer (1972), pp. 159–160.

h. (fol. 80ra)
Rubric: (fol. 79vb) Augustinus ad Cornelium
Incipit: Cornelio philosopho Augustinus episcopus salutem. Qualis et quanta sit nostra calamitas
Explicit: in christo semper ualere

CPPM IIA.203/42, ed. Römer (1972), p. 162.

13. (fols. 80ra-b)
Jerome, Epistula ad Eustochium de uirginitate seruanda (excerpt of Ep. 22.6–8)
Rubric: Epistola sancti Jeronimi ad Eustochium et legitur in festo sancti Jeronimi
Incipit: Quia impossibile est in sensum hominis
Explicit: Unumet adolescentia duplex est incendium ||

Breaks off. Rest of fol. 80rb blank.

14. (fols. 80va-87vb)
Jerome, Contra Jovinianum (bk. 1)
Incipit: Pauci admodum dies sunt
Explicit: nullum sacerdotem bigamum nullum flaminem bimaritum
Final rubric: Explicit post in nomine domine et beatissime Marie uirginis
15. (fols. 87vb-88vb)
⟨Ps.-⟩Jerome, Epistula ad Pammachium et Oceanum de renuntiatione saeculi (ep. supp. 32)
Rubric: Epistola sancti Jeronimi Pachomio et odcano[sic]
Incipit: Qui Ethiopem inuitat ad balneas et si nigridinem non aufferat illi
Explicit: magis timere quam hominum
16. (fols. 88vb-89vb)
⟨Ps.-⟩Jerome, Epistula ad Oceanum de uita clericorum (ep. supp. 42)
Rubric: Epistola sancti Jeronimi Occeano de uita clericorum
Incipit: Sophromus Heusebius Jeronimus Occeano suo salutem. Deprecatus ut tibi breuiter exponerem
Explicit: casto confirmetur effectu
17. (fol. 89vb-91va)
Jerome, Epistula ad Heliodorum exhortatoria (ep. 14)
Rubric: Epistola sancti Jeronomi ad Heliodorum episcopum exortatoria de contemptu mundi
Incipit: Quanto amore et studio
Explicit: non labor durus est. Amen.
18. (fols. 91vb-93va)
⟨Jerome⟩, ⟨Epistula ad Paulinum presbyterem (ep. 58)⟩
Incipit: Bonus homo de bono thesauro ... Metiris nos uirtutibus tuis
Explicit: in domino militantem parte saluari uolo. Amen.

Rest of fol. 93 blank; fol. 93(bis)r-94r blank.

19*. (fol. 94v)
Chrysostome, Ad Stagirium a daemone vexatum (CPG 4310) (tr. Ambrogio Traversari)

Excerpt from book 3, De Tristitia.

Incipit: Porro si nimius meror irruens eos
Explicit: casibus frangi vel deici poteris. Deo gratias.
Final rubric: Hic est finis cuiusdam volumnis trium librorum Iohannis os auri(?) scripti ad Stagirium monachum arrepetium

Added later in the same hand as item 1*. The final paragraphs of the text as pr. 1487 (ISTC ij00293000).

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Parchment and paper mixed (the outer and middle bifolia of each quire (Italian?) parchment). Watermark: Dreiburg, on a chainline, 23 × 20 mm. , with 48mm. between chainlines; type Piccard XVI.I.66–106, cf. esp. 73–6 (Ferrara, Urbino, Pessara, 1433–1436)

Collation

1–5(12) (fols. 1–60); 6(12–6)(the last six leaves of the quire cut out with loss of text) (fols. 61-'66–70'); [quires cut out]; 7(probably 12–2) (the first two leaves cut out; fol. 71 misbound and should follow fol. 76) (fols. 71–3, 73 'bis'-73 'quater', 75–77); 8(12) (fols. 78–89); 9(12–6) (the last six leaves cancelled) (fols. 90–93, 93bis, 94).Catchwords; leaf signatures (numbers only).

Layout

2 cols., 46 lines (fols. 70v-: 47 lines). Ruled horizontally in plummet (mostly erased but see e.g. fols. 52v-53r), vertically mostly in ink. Written above top line. Ruled space 195 × 143 mm.

Hand(s)

Hybrida with some humanistic forms; one scribe.

Decoration

Plain coloured initials in red and blue, mostly of 4 lines.

Rubrics.

History

Origin: 15th century, second quarter (watermarks) ; Italy, North

MS. Laud Lat. 46 – Part C (fols. 95–110)

Contents

Language(s): Latin

20. (fols. 95ra-96va)
⟨Ps.-⟩Seneca, De remediis fortuitorum
Rubric: Ad Gallionem de remediis fortuitorum
Incipit: (prol.) Hunc librum conposuit Seneca nobillimum oratorum
Incipit: Licet et cunctorum poetarum carmina
Explicit: ista felicitas rara.
21. (fols. 96vb-98vb)
Seneca, Epistola 88 de septem artibus liberalibus
Incipit: De liberalibus studiis quid sentiam scire desiderans[sic]
Explicit: nichil scire
22. (fols. 98vb-100vb)
⟨Martin of Braga (Ps.-Seneca)⟩, Formula vitae honestae
Rubric: Seneca de quatuor virtutibus principalibus
Incipit: Quatuor uirtutum species multorum sapientum sentenciis
Explicit: puniat ignauiam
23. (fols. 100vb-101rb)
Seneca, Epistola 4
Rubric: Seneca ad Lucilium epistola iiij incipit de contemnenda morte etc.
Incipit: Perseuera ut cepisti et quam potes propria
Explicit: diues est
24. (fols. 101rb-102ra)
⟨Pelagius (Ps.-Jerome)⟩, Libellus fidei ad Innocentium papam
Rubric: Expositio fidei sancti Ieronimi ad Alipium et Augustinum episcopos missa
Incipit: ⟨C⟩redimus Deum patrem omnipotentem cunctorum visibilium et inuisibilium conditorem. Credimus et in dominum nostrum yesum christum per quem creata sunt omnia. Verum dominum unigenitum et uerum dei filium non factam aut adoptiuum sed genitum
Explicit: non catholicum non me hereticum conprobabit. Deo gracias semper.

Rest of fol. 102ra blank.

25. (fols. 102rb-105ra)
⟨Ps.-⟩Jerome, De essentia divinitatis
Rubric: Incipit tractatus sancti Hieronymi de essentia trinitatis vel deitatis et dictis de Deo translative vel de membris domini [in capitals]
Incipit: Omnipotens Deus, pater et filius et spiritus sanctus, unus atque trinus
Explicit: manifestum demonstrare
26. (fol. 105ra-b)
Jerome, Epistula ad Marcellam de decem nominibus Dei (ep. 25)
Rubric: Hieronymus ad Marcellam de decem nominibus quibus apud Hebreos dicitur Deus
Incipit: Nonagesimum psalmum legens in eo loco
Explicit: Thebas. Salonas. Deo gratias Amen.

Fols. 105v-110v blank.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Paper (one parchment leaf, fol. 105). Watermark: as part A.

Collation

1(10+1) (one leaf of parchment, fol. 105, added at the end) (fols. 95–104); followed by four leaves of blank paper (fols. 106–109), none watermarked.

Layout

Fols. 95ra-102ra: 2 cols., c. 44–7 lines. Written above top line. Ruled space 200 × c. 140 mm.

Fols. 102rb-105ra: 2 cols., c. 38–9 lines. Written below top line. Ruled space 190–5 × 140–50 mm.

Hand(s)

Hybrida with some humanistic forms, probably two hands, (a) fols. 95ra-102ra, the hand of part A (b) fols. 102rb-105rb.

Decoration

Plain coloured initials in red and blue, varying from 6 to 2 lines.

One initial unfilled, fol. 101r.

Rubrics.

History

Origin: 15th century, middle (watermarks) ; Italy, North

Additional Information

Record Sources

Description by Tuija Ainonen and Matthew Holford (July 2020, rev. Sept. 2020). 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 [contents, acquisition]

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (full digital facsimile)
Freiburger Multimedia Object Repository (full facsimile, grayscale)

Bibliography

Last Substantive Revision

2020-09-03: Description finalized for Polonsky German.