Bede, Commentary on the Canonical Epistles; Germany (Middle Rhine), 9th century, beginning
MS. Laud Misc. 442
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Bede, Commentary on the Canonical Epistles; Germany (Middle Rhine), 9th century, beginning
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Misc. 442
Date
9th century, beginning
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
ii + 167 leaves
Hands
Anglo-Saxon minuscule.
Carolingian minuscule.
Three hands, corresponding to three codicological units, all probably written at the same time: I, fols. 1r-91v (this hand also writes the first two lines of fol. 92r); II, fols. 92r-117v; III, fols. 118r-166v (Bischoff, no. 3863).
Decoration
Initials. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 11)
Uncial titles in capitals with red and yellow highlights. (Bischoff, no. 3863)
Binding
Brown tanned calf over laminated pulpboard for Abp. Laud, 1637–1639.
Acquisition
Part of his third donation to the Bodleian, 1639.
Provenance
Dating and localization after Bischoff. Bischoff (Libri Kyliani, pp. 50–4) associated this manuscript with two others (Würzburg, UB, M. p. th. f. 146; Würzburg, UB, M. p. th. f. 175), linked by the third hand of the present manuscript; he associated this group in turn with another group of two manuscripts (Vienna, ONB, Lat. 2223; and Karlsruhe, Landesbibliothek Hs. 340). The Karlsruhe manusucript was written by a deacon Reginmaar for a female congregation ‘ad lapidum fluminis’, which has been identified by some scholars with the nunnery at Karlburg am Main; for a critical discussion of the identification and the issues involved, see H. Hoffmann, ‘Schreiberinnen im karolingischen Würzburg?’, Deutches Archiv 66 (2010), 5–18. Otherwise the medieval provenance of the manuscript is unknown.
William Laud, 1573–1645, 1638.
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Title
Bede, Commentary on the Canonical Epistles
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Misc. 442
Date
Written in Germany, 9th century, beginning
Language
Latin
Physical facet
Brown tanned calf over laminated pulpboard
Physical extent
166 Leaves
Custodial history
2 English and 1 foreign scribe. Manuscript 2500 acquired by the Bodleian Library
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Collection contents
Bede, Commentary on the Canonical Epistles
