Sermons. Germany, A) (fols 1–64) s. xivin; B) (fols 65–220) s. xiv1/4.

Title

Sermons. Germany, A) (fols 1–64) s. xivin; B) (fols 65–220) s. xiv1/4.

Shelfmark

MS. Laud Misc. 318

Date

14th century, first quarter

Early 14th century

Language

Latin

Contents

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Physical extent

i (17th-cent.) + 220 + 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: The present book consists of two, originally independent parts, which were possibly bound together already at the Mainz Charterhouse, at the latest in the 15th century, as they share the same foliating hand (from the Charterhouse, s. xv). At the upper left-hand margin (fol. i recto) a 15th-cent. shelfmark from the Mainz Charterhouse: ‘a xxxvi’. The shelfmark does not belong to this copy: fol. i is a medieval waste leaf from the Charterhouse, which was reused as front flyleaf by the Laudian binder.

William Laud, 1573–1645: Ex-libris inscription of Archbishop Laud, dated 1638, at the lower margin of fol. i verso.

Title

Sermones and Hugh of Saint-Cher, Sermons

Shelfmark

MS. Laud Misc. 318

Date

13th century, end

Language

Latin

Physical extent

220 Leaves

Custodial history

Manuscript 2680 acquired by the Bodleian Library