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New and Old Testament. Composite: A: Germany(?), s. xii1, B, C, and D: Italy, s. xiimed

MS. Laud Lat. 30

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Title

New and Old Testament. Composite: A: Germany(?), s. xii1, B, C, and D: Italy, s. xiimed

Shelfmark

MS. Laud Lat. 30

Date

12th century, middle

12th century, first half

Language

Latin

Contents

MS. Laud Lat. 30 – Part A (fols. 1-62)
1. (fols. 1r–62v) Canonical Epistles, with gloss
(fols. 1r–2v) Ps.-Jerome Prologue to Canonical Epistles
(fol. 1v) Prologue to James
(fol. 2r) Prologue to Canonical Epistles
(fol. 2r) Prologue to James
(fols. 3r–17r) James
(fols. 17v–41v) I-II Peter
(fol. 17v) Prologue to I Peter
(fol. 18r–32r) I Peter
(fol. 32r) Prologue to II Peter
(fols. 32r–41v) II Peter
(fols. 41v–58r) I-III John
(fols. 41v–54v) I John
(fols. 54v–56r) II John
(fols. 56r–58r) III John
(fols. 58r–62v) Jude
MS. Laud Lat. 30 – Part B (fols. 63-114)
2. (fols. 63r–114v) Canonical Epistles, with gloss
(fol. 63r) Prologue to Canonical Epistles
(fols. 63r–75r) James
(fols. 75r–97r) I-II Peter
(fol. 75r–88v) I Peter
(fols. 88v–97r) II Peter
(fols. 97r–112r) I-III John
(fols. 97r–109v) I John
(fols. 109v–111r) II John
(fols. 111r–112r) III John
(fols. 112r–114v) Jude
MS. Laud Lat. 30 – Part C (fols. 115-173)
3. (fols. 115r–169r) Apocalypse, with gloss
(fol. 169r–v) De Duodecim Lapidibus
(fols. 169v–170r) Glossa Ordinaria in Apocalipsis
(fol. 170r) De Aetatibus Hominis
(fol. 170r) De Aetatibus Mundi
4. (fol. 170v) Expositio duodecim lapidum [Apc 21:19–20]
The following prologues/texts are written as marginal gloss, starting on the upper margin of fol. 171v and extending from the left margin to the right of fol. 173r
(fol. 171v) Prologue to Apocalypse
(fols. 171v–173r) Summarium Apocalypsis
(fol. 171v) Incipit: Prima uisio est de institutione vel correctione ecclesiarum. Secunda principaliter de reuelatione
(fol. 171v) Ps.-Isidore of Seville Prologue to Apocalypse
(fol. 172r) Prologue to Apocalypse
(fols. 172r–173r) Incipit: Asia minor maioris asię pars est. continens septem ciuitates
(fol. 173v) Augustinus Incipit: Augustinus de ciuitate [?] – Maximum est inter cetera ecclesie Karissimata. fons proprius cur non communicat alienus. deum quod omnem liquorem supereminet. uia excellentior. perfectionis uinculum
MS. Laud Lat. 30 – Part D (fols. 174–184)
6. (fols. 174v–184v) Lamentations, with gloss
(fol. 174v–184v) Mariginal gloss
(fols. 174v–184v) Interlinar gloss

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Physical extent

i (17th cent.) + 184 + 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

The present Bible book is composed of four different 12th-century parts, possibly together since the late 1630s only.

William Laud, 1573–1645: his ex-libris inscription, dated 1638, at the lower margin of fol. 1r.

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Title

Epistolae canonicae, etc.

Shelfmark

MS. Laud Lat. 30

Summary

Canonical Epistles, with gloss, 12th century, first half

Canonical Epistles, Apocalypse, and Lamentations, with gloss, 12th century, middle

Date

12th century, early and middle

Language

Latin

Physical extent

184 Leaves

Custodial history

1. is by the same scribe as pt. 2 of MS. Laud Lat. 28 (at least as regards the text), and has pretty interlaced pen-and-ink initials. Manuscript 2519 acquired by the Bodleian Library

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Collection contents

Laudian Collection

Epistolae canonicae, etc.

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  • Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

  • Anselm, of Laon, -1117

  • Marbode, Bishop of Rennes, 1035?-1123

  • Isidore, of Seville, Saint, -636, pseudo

  • Laud, William, 1573-1645

  • Jerome, pseudo

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