Ambrose, Expositio de Psalmo CXVIII; Lives of Saints. Germany (Eberbach?), 13th century, first half or middle
MS. Laud Misc. 236
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Description
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Title
Ambrose, Expositio de Psalmo CXVIII; Lives of Saints. Germany (Eberbach?), 13th century, first half or middle
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Misc. 236
Place of origin
German, Eberbach, Cistercian abbey (?)
Date
13th century, first half or middle (second quarter?)
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
200 folios
Decoration
Red silhouette (arabesque) initials with penwork decoration, in the same style as MSS. Laud Misc. 222, Laud Misc. 287 and London, BL, Arundel MS. 245.
Binding
Standard Laudian binding of calf over pasteboard, 1638–9; rebacked.
Acquisition
Part of his third donation to the Bodleian, 1639.
Provenance
Eberbach, Cistercian abbey: ex libris, fol. 200v, 14th century (?) (reworked fifteenth or sixteenth century).
Identifiable as b27 in the Eberbach library catalogue of 1502 (Palmer, p. 265: 'Ambrosius super psalmum Beati immaculati. Item vita sancti maurj abbatis. Vita sancti Iheronimi. Vita sancti luce ewangeliste. Vita galli confessoris. Vita othmari abbatis. Initium Licet mistice.')
William Laud, 1573–1645, 1638.
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Title
Ambrose, etc.
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Misc. 236
Summary
Fols. 2v-144vb. Ambrose, Expositio de Psalmo CXVIII
Fols. 145ra-162va. Odo of Glanfeuil (Ps.-Faustus), Vita S. Mauri (BHL 5773)
Fols. 163ra-168rb. Sebastian of Monte Cassino (?), Vita S. Hieronymi presbiteri (CPL 622, BHL 3870)
Fols. 169ra-171va. Vita S. Lucae evangelistae (BHL 4973)
Fols. 172ra-194vb. ⟨Walafrid Strabo⟩, Vita et miracula S. Galli
Fols. 194vb-200ra. ⟨Walafrid Strabo⟩, Vita S. Otmari (BHL 6386)
Fol. 200rb-ra. Incipit: Sancti merita benedicti inclita
Fol. 200v. 'Sunday list'
Date
13th century, first half or middle (second quarter?)
Language
Latin
Physical extent
200 Leaves
Custodial history
Manuscript 2569 acquired by the Bodleian Library
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