Liber septem partium, etc. Germany, xii2.
MS. Laud Misc. 514
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Liber septem partium, etc. Germany, xii2.
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Misc. 514
Date
s. xiv1
12th century, second half
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment; (fol. 1) the endleaf of different quality (fragment); occasional natural flaws and holes, (fol. 57) remnants of medieval repair (stitching holes). (fols 2r, 84r–87v) Several rust stains from previous binding furniture, the leaves at the end of the volume show marks from one or two fore-edge clasps/straps.
Physical extent
ii (17th-cent.) + 87 + ii (17th-cent.) leaves
Hands
protogothic script, Germany (or somewhere very close to the German border), s. xii2, several hands, above top line.
Decoration
(fol. 1r) Coloured initial in red.
Rubrication.
Marginal sketches: (fol. 2r) remnants, at the top right corner; (fol. 11r) a small lion; (fol. 24r) a similar sitting beast.
Binding
Brown tanned calf over laminated pulpboard for Archbp. 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: the late 14th-cent. ex-libris inscriptions at the upper margin of fol. 2r, following the title: ‘Incipit liber septem parcium. Fratrum Cartusiensium | prope mogunciam’ and, in the same hand, at the upper margin of fol. 87v: ‘Fratrum Cartusiensium prope mogunciam’ (boxed in). Identifiable as G XVI T in cat. ii.
William Laud, 1573–1645: Ex-libris inscription of Archbp. Laud, dated 1638, at the lower margin of fol. 2r.
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Title
Liber Septem Partium and Theological notes
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Misc. 514
Date
12th century, first half
Language
Latin
Physical extent
87 Leaves
Custodial history
At the beginning is part of a late 13th century document. Manuscript 2610 acquired by the Bodleian Library
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Collection contents
Liber Septem Partium and Theological notes
