Statuta antiqua et nova ordinis Carthusiensis. Germany, Mainz Charterhouse, s. xvin, A) (fols 1–161); B) (fols 162–207); C) (fols 208–225); D) (fols 226–271).

Title

Statuta antiqua et nova ordinis Carthusiensis. Germany, Mainz Charterhouse, s. xvin, A) (fols 1–161); B) (fols 162–207); C) (fols 208–225); D) (fols 226–271).

Shelfmark

MS. Laud Misc. 180

Date

Early 15th century

Language

Latin

Contents

Form

codex

Support

parchment; bookmarks, made of red-coloured leather strips, glued to the outer margins of fols 73, 138, 163, 178, 199, 208 (damaged), 226 (lost) & 263, to mark the beginning of item 2, parts 2 & 3; item 3, including parts 2 & 3, and items 4, 5 & 7.

Physical extent

i (17th-cent.) + 271 + i (17th-cent.) leaves

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

Mainz, Carthusian abbey of St Michael: An assemblage of booklets, none of which carries an ex-libris inscription of the Mainz Charterhouse. To judge from script and style, however, these were all written and consolidated at the Mainz Charterhouse, in s. xvin. The concluding argument in support of Mainz Charterhouse provenance is supplied by the contents.

William Laud, 1573–1645: Ex-libris inscription of Archbp. Laud, dated 1638, at the lower half of fol. 1v.

Title

Carthusian statutes and documents

Shelfmark

MS. Laud Misc. 180

Date

15th century

Language

Latin

Physical extent

271 Leaves

Custodial history

Manuscript 2410 acquired by the Bodleian Library