Petrus Comestor, Historia scholastica. A) (fols 1–4) Mainz Charterhouse, s. xivex/xvin; B) (fols 5–101) Italy, s. xiiiin.
MS. Laud Misc. 518
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Petrus Comestor, Historia scholastica. A) (fols 1–4) Mainz Charterhouse, s. xivex/xvin; B) (fols 5–101) Italy, s. xiiiin.
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Misc. 518
Date
Late 14th century/Early 15th century
Early 13th century
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
i (17th-cent.) + 101 + 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: MS. Laud Misc. 518 consists of two parts, bound together soon after the writing of part A, the index to part B, in the late 14th/early 15th century at the Mainz Charterhouse.
William Laud, 1573–1645: Ex-libris inscription of Archbp. Laud, dated 1638, at the lower margin of fol. 5r.
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Title
Peter Comestor, Historia scholastica (Maccabees and New Testament) and Sermons
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Misc. 518
Date
13th century, beginning
Language
Latin
Physical extent
101 Leaves
Custodial history
Manuscript 2720 acquired by the Bodleian Library
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Collection contents
Peter Comestor, Historia scholastica (Maccabees and New Testament) and Sermons
