Innocent III, Matthieu de Vendôme, Hildebert of Lavardin, 'Gregory of Winchester', Henry of Avranches, Geoffrey de Vinsauf, Bernard Silvester — 13th century; English
MS. Laud Misc. 515
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Description
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Title
Innocent III, Matthieu de Vendôme, Hildebert of Lavardin, 'Gregory of Winchester', Henry of Avranches, Geoffrey de Vinsauf, Bernard Silvester — 13th century; English
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Misc. 515
Place of origin
English
Date
13th century
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Decoration
Fine and other initials on fols. 1–116, 13th century, second quarter. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 379) Fine miniatures (marginal drawings in pen and pencil) and good initials on fols. 141–219, 13th century, beginning.
Binding
Bound in sprinkled calf, 18th century.
Provenance
Waltham, Essex, Augustinian abbey of Holy Cross: 'lxxxxviij al. ca.' (fol. 1v, flyleaf, formerly pastedown). 'Hic liber est de armario sancte crucis de Waltham quem qui abstulerit vel furatus fuerit vel hunc titulum scienter deleverit et maliciose. excommunicatum se esse noverit' (fol. 2r, flyleaf), s. xiii. 'Innocencius de contemptu mundi. pri. dor.', followed by contents list (s. xv), below inscription on fol. 2r. (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).
Laud 1634. (MLGB3)
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Title
Innocentius iii, papa: etc.
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Misc. 515
Summary
Innocent III, De miseria humanae conditionis
Matthieu de Vendôme, Historia Tobiae
Hildebert of Lavardin, Vita metrica S. Mariae Aegyptiacae
Lives of Saints
'Gregory of Winchester', Vita S. Katherinae metrica
Henry of Avranches, Vita S. Hugonis (also attributed to 'Gregory of Winchester')
Geoffrey de Vinsauf, Poetria nova
Bernard Silvester, Megacosmus
Bernard Silvester, Microcosmus
Date
13th century
Language
Latin
Physical facet
Bound in sprinkled calf
Physical extent
220 Leaves
Custodial history
Manuscript 1924 acquired by the Bodleian Library
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Collection contents
Innocentius iii, papa: etc.
