Genesis and Exodus; Germany (Würzburg), s. xii 3/4
MS. Laud Lat. 90
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Genesis and Exodus; Germany (Würzburg), s. xii 3/4
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Lat. 90
Place of origin
German, Würzburg, St. Kylian
Date
12th century, third quarter
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
i (17th cent. paper) + i (17th cent. parchment) + 185 + i (17th cent. parchment) + i (17th cent. paper) leaves, foliated i-ii, 1–187.
Hands
German protogothic script by one scribe, 'Bertholdus vicarius'.
Decoration
Fine nine-line historiated initial H, Jacob with his sons (fol. 102r).
Flourished initials
Coloured initials; rubrics
Marginal drawings.
Binding
Brown tanned calf over laminated pulpboard for Abp. Laud, 1637–1639
Acquisition
Part of his third donation to the Bodleian, sent 28 June 1639.
Provenance
Written at the Domstift by Bertholdus de Marmore, cathedral vicar, and given by him to the Domstift (fol. 185v).
William Laud, 1573–1645, by 1637 (fol. 1r).
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Title
Genesis and Exodus
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Lat. 90
Summary
Genesis and Exodus:
Fols. 1r-101r. Genesis
Fols. 101v-185r. Exodus, preceded by a list of chapters
Date
12th century, third quarter
Language
Latin
Physical extent
185 Leaves
Custodial history
From St Kylian, Würzburg. Manuscript 2558 acquired by the Bodleian Library
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Collection contents
Genesis and Exodus
