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Ludolf of Saxony, Vita Christi; Germany (Eberbach?), 15th century, first half

MS. Laud Misc. 462

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Title

Ludolf of Saxony, Vita Christi; Germany (Eberbach?), 15th century, first half

Shelfmark

MS. Laud Misc. 462

Date

15th century, 1st half

Language

Latin

Contents

(fols. 1r–119v) Ludolf of Saxony Vita Christi
Followed, fols. 119v-120r, by several short notes and extracts:
Note on the chapter-numbering in the exemplar
Rubric: Uberes doctrine inuente in exemplari
Extracts from Gratian and Gregory on penance.
Rubric: De preciositate psalmorum
Rubric: Sed iste sequentes oraciones sunt dicende ante psalterium cum deuocione
Rubric: Eciam de psalmis quod asscribitur beato ieronimo
Rubric: Ieronimus
(fol. 120v) List of chapter titles to the main work

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Physical extent

120 leaves

Hands

Written by the same scribe as MS. Laud Misc. 298, and British Library, Arundel MS 85.

Decoration

Coloured initials with simple decoration.

Binding

Brown tanned calf over laminated pulpboard for Abp. Laud, 1637–1639.

Acquisition

Part of his third donation to the Bodleian, 1639.

Provenance

Probably written in the Eberbach scriptorium. (Palmer).

Eberbach ex libris (fol. 1r)

Identifiable as K 9 in the Eberbach library catalogue of 1502.

William Laud, 1573–1645, 1638.

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Title

Ludolf of Saxony, Vita Christi

Shelfmark

MS. Laud Misc. 462

Date

15th century, first half

Language

Latin

Physical extent

120 Leaves

Custodial history

Manuscript 2754 acquired by the Bodleian Library

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Collection contents

Laudian Collection

Ludolf of Saxony, Vita Christi

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  • Gratian, active 12th century

  • Gregory, I, Pope, approximately 540-604

  • Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo, pseudo

  • Ludolf, von Sachsen, approximately 1300-1377 or 1378

  • Alcuin, 735-804

  • Laud, William, 1573-1645

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