A Einhard, Notker Balbulus; Germany (Eberbach?), 12th century, last quarter; B Sermons and treatises on dictamen; German, 13th century, first half or middle

Title

A Einhard, Notker Balbulus; Germany (Eberbach?), 12th century, last quarter; B Sermons and treatises on dictamen; German, 13th century, first half or middle

Shelfmark

MS. Laud Misc. 569

Date

13th century, first half or middle

12th century, last quarter

Language

Latin

Contents

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Physical extent

196 leaves

Binding

Brown tanned calf over laminated pulpboard for Abp. Laud, 1637–1639.

Acquisition

Part of his third donation to the Bodleian, 1639.

Provenance

Eberbach, Cistercian abbey: parts 1 and 2 together identifiable as g27 in the 1502 library catalogue.

William Laud, 1573–1645, 1636.

Title

Eginhardus, etc.

Shelfmark

MS. Laud Misc. 569

Summary

Fols. 1r-132v. Part 1, 12th century, last quarter:

Fols. 1r-88v. Einhard, Vita Caroli regis

Fols. 88v-132r. Notker Balbulus, Gesta Karoli Magna

Fol. 132r. Poems

Fol. 132v. Hymn to the Virgin

Fols. 133r-196v. Part 2, 13th century, first half or middle:

Fols. 133r-178v. Sermons (?)

Fols. 178v-190v. Aurea gemma Oxoniensis (treatise on dictamen)

Fols. 190v-191v, 195v-196v. Bernardus de Bononia, Summa dictaminum (incomplete)

Date

Written in Germany, 12th century, last quarter, 13th century, first half or middle

Language

Latin

Physical extent

196 Leaves

Custodial history

'Probably belonged to Erbach or to the Carthusians at Mainz'. Manuscript 2474 acquired by the Bodleian Library