Pauline Epistles; Germany, s. xiimid.
MS. Laud Misc. 266
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Pauline Epistles; Germany, s. xiimid.
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Misc. 266
Date
added decoration 14th century, first half
12th century, middle;
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
i (17th cent.) + 1 (medieval flyleaf) + 126 + i (17th cent.) leaves The fore-edge trimmed (occasionally affecting prickings).
Hands
German protogothic, s. xiimid, by one hand.
Decoration
Fleuronnée initial (f. 1r), added 14th century, first half. (Pächt and Alexander i. 141);
Fols. 6v–97v: unfilled space for coloured initials
Red rubrics, occasionally in mixed capitals.
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
Written in Germany, s. xiimid, as evidenced by script and decoration.
Traditionally considered to have been in the possession of the Domstift St Kilian, Würzburg (Krämer, Handschrifenerbe, 2. 852); format and style of the book are very similar to that of MSS. Laud Lat. 101 (Pauline Epistles, Domstift St Kilian) and Laud Lat. 100 & 103 (both Neumünster)
William Laud, 1573–1645: his ex libris, 1637, fol. 1r.
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Title
Pauline Epistles
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Misc. 266
Summary
1. Fols. 1r-3r. Prologue to Pauline Epistles
2.
Fols. 3r-4v. Prologue to Romans
Fol. 4v. Prologue to Romans
Fols. 4v-6v. List of chapters
Fols. 6v-27v. Romans
3.
Fols. 27v-29r. List of chapters
Fol. 29r. Prologue to I Corinthians
Fols. 29v–50r. I Corinthians
Fols. 50r–51r. List of chapters
Fol. 51r. Prologue to II Corinthians
Fols. 51r–64r. II Corinthians
4.
Fol. 64r–v. List of chapters
Fol. 64v. Prologue to Galatians
Fols. 64v–71r. Galatians
5.
Fol. 71r–v. List of chapters
Fol. 71v. Prologue to Ephesians
Fols. 72r–78r. Ephesians
6.
Fol. 78r–v. List of chapters
Fol. 78v. Prologue to Philippians
Fols. 78v–83r. Philippians
7.
Fol. 83r–v. List of chapters
Fol. 84r. Prologue to Colossians
Fols. 84r–88v. Colossians
8. Fols. 88v-89r. Laodiceans
9.
Fols. 89r–90r. List of chapters
Fol. 90r. Prologue to I Thessalonians
Fols. 90r–94r. I Thessalonians
Fols. 94r–v. List of chapters
Fol. 94v. Prologue to II Thessalonians
Fols. 94v–96v. II Thessalonians
10.
Fols. 96v–97v. List of chapters
Fol. 97v. Prologue to I Timothy
Fols. 97v–102v. I Timothy
Fol. 102v. Prologue to II Timothy
Fols. 103r–v. List of chapters
Fols. 103v–107r. II Timothy
11.
Fol. 107r. Prologue to Titus
Fols. 107r–109v. Titus
12.
Fol. 109v. Prologue to Philemon
Fol. 109v. List of chapters
Fols. 109v–110v. Philemon
13.
Fol. 110v. Prologue to Hebrews
Fols. 110v-126r. Hebrews
(fols. 126r-127v mostly blank, except for some pen trials and (computistic mnemonic) verses)
Date
12th century, middle
Language
Latin
Physical extent
126 Leaves
Custodial history
From St Kylian, Würzburg. Manuscript 2715 acquired by the Bodleian Library
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