Albertus Aquensis — 12th century, end; Germany, possibly Eberbach, Cistercian abbey (?)

Title

Albertus Aquensis — 12th century, end; Germany, possibly Eberbach, Cistercian abbey (?)

Shelfmark

MS. Laud Misc. 561

Date

12th century, end

Language

Latin

Contents

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Physical extent

140 leaves

Decoration

Seven- to twelve-line silhouette initials in red at the beginning of each book.

Elsewhere two- or three-line coloured red initials with simple ornament.

Binding

Laudian binding of tanned calf over pulpboard, 1638 × 1639

Acquisition

Part of his third donation to the Bodleian, 1639.

Provenance

Possibly made at the Cistercian monastery of Eberbach (Palmer, p. 296).

Ex libris of Eberbach, late 12th century or 13th century, fol. 1r.

Probably identifiable as f 15 in the Eberbach library catalogue of 1502 (Palmer, p. 272: 'Gotfridus de expeditione christiana pars prima Initium Prohemium'; cf. note regarding authorship on fol. 1r).

William Laud, 1573–1645, 1638.

Title

Albertus Aquensis, Historia Hierosolymitana expeditionis

Shelfmark

MS. Laud Misc. 561

Date

c. 1200

Language

Latin

Physical extent

140 Leaves

Custodial history

Manuscript 2700 acquired by the Bodleian Library