Augustine, De doctrina christiana; Würzburg, Domstift St Kilian, or Niederaltaich Abbey, c. 825–855 (Gozbald).
MS. Laud Misc. 121
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Description
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Title
Augustine, De doctrina christiana; Würzburg, Domstift St Kilian, or Niederaltaich Abbey, c. 825–855 (Gozbald).
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Misc. 121
Date
c. 825–55
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
ii + 78 + ii (a singleton between fols 37/38 included)
Hands
Carolingian minuscule, c. 825–855, by several hands belonging to the second Gozbald group, originating in the abbey of Niederaltaich.
Decoration
Simple plain and coloured three- or four-line initials on fols. 1r, 4r, 16v, 38r, 55r
Rubrics.
fol. 14r a pen drawing of a fish, s. x (?).
Binding
Brown tanned calf over laminated pulpboard for Abp. Laud, 1637–1639.
Acquisition
Given to the Bodleian as part of his third donation, dispatched on 28 June 1639.
Provenance
Written either in the Domstift St Kilian in Würzburg or in the abbey of Niederaltaich, c. 825–855, very likely before 842, by several hands belonging to the second Gozbald group.
Würzburg, Domstift St Kilian: entries in the booklists of the Domstift St Kilian from c. 800 and c. 1000; name of a Würzburg canon, Cundradus de Enkersberg (c. ), fol. 31r; 15th-century shelfmark, fol. 1r.
William Laud, 1573–1645: his ex libris, 1638, fol. 1r.
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Title
Augustine, De doctrina christiana
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Misc. 121
Date
c. 825-855
Language
Latin
Physical extent
77 Leaves
Custodial history
Has the old shelfmark x of St. Kylian's, Würzburg. On f. 31 is the name of conraduf de eukerbero' (12th cent.?). Manuscript 2808 acquired by the Bodleian Library
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Collection contents
Augustine, De doctrina christiana
