Gregory the Great, Homiliae XL in evangelia; area of Lorsch, s. ix1
MS. Laud Misc. 271
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Description
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Title
Gregory the Great, Homiliae XL in evangelia; area of Lorsch, s. ix1
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Misc. 271
Date
9th century, first half;
added decoration, 10th or 11th century (?), and 12th century, first half
Language
Old High German (ca. 750-1050)
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
i (17th-cent.) + 98 + i (17th-cent.) leaves
Hands
Carolingian minuscule, s. ix1, by two main hands.
Decoration
Drawings (crayon partly inked over later) added 10th or 11th century (?), fol. 98v. Sketches for initial and border, 12th century, first half, fol. 1v. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 1296).
Red rubrics and line fillers.
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
Würzburg, Domstift St Kilian: a 12th-cent. ex-libris inscription and a 15th- cent. shelfmark on fol. 2r.
William Laud, 1573–1645: his ex libris, 1637, fol. 2r.
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Title
Gregory the Great, Homiliae XL in evangelia
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Misc. 271
Summary
Fol. 1r–v. Sermon
Fols. 2r–98r. Gregory the Great, Homiliae XL in euangelia (hom. 2.21-40)
Glosses Added ninth (?) century
Fols. 98r-v. Additions, pen trials and sketches, 9th, 10th, 11th centuries
Date
9th century, first half
Language
Latin
Physical extent
98 Leaves
Custodial history
Manuscript 2752 acquired by the Bodleian Library
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Collection contents
Gregory the Great, Homiliae XL in evangelia
