Jerome on Jeremiah; Germany (Lorsch), 9th century, first half
MS. Laud Misc. 417
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Jerome on Jeremiah; Germany (Lorsch), 9th century, first half
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Misc. 417
Date
9th century, first half (second quarter?)
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
168 medieval leaves
Hands
Caroline minuscule by several hands including some not trained at Lorsch (Bischoff 2004).
Decoration
Rubrics.
Plain initials.
Binding
Calf over pasteboard: standard binding of the Laudian collection.
Acquisition
Part of his third donation to the Bodleian, 1639.
Provenance
Lorsch, Benedictine abbey: identifiable in the 9th-century library catalogues (A. Häse, Mittelalterliche Bücherverzeichnisse aus Kloster Lorsch. Einleitung, Edition und Kommentar (2002), no. 164)
Eberbach, Cistercian abbey: identifiable as F19 in the 1502 catalogue (N. Palmer, Zisterzienser und ihre Bücher (1998), p. 238). The manuscript was probably removed from Lorsch to Eberbach between 1233 and 1245 while Lorsch was administered by monks from Eberbach (Palmer, p. 18). Late-medieval leaf signatures as found in other Lorsch/Eberbach manuscripts (Summary Catalogue II.i.38)
William Laud, acquired 1638.
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Title
Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Misc. 417
Summary
Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah. On f. 95, fourfold compendium for 'nota'.
Date
9th century, first half
Language
Latin
Physical extent
168 Leaves
Custodial history
Has late 13th cent. signatures at top of leaves by same hand as in pt. 2 of no. 452. 'Belonged to Lorsch'. Manuscript 2506 acquired by the Bodleian Library
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Collection contents
Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah
