Rupert of Deutz, Hugh of St-Victor, Florus of Lyon — 12th century, third quarter; German, Eberbach, Cistercian abbey (?)
MS. Laud Misc. 211
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Rupert of Deutz, Hugh of St-Victor, Florus of Lyon — 12th century, third quarter; German, Eberbach, Cistercian abbey (?)
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Misc. 211
Date
12th century, third quarter
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
Parchment with numerous flaws; some folios possibly palimpsest and with areas left empty by the scribe, perhaps due to the poor quality of the surface (fols. 116r, 117v, 120r-v)
Physical extent
ii + 176 + ii folios; apparently once part of a much longer volume or, more likely, the second of a two-volume set: 12th-century quire signatures start at ‘xviiii’ (fol. 10v)
Hands
Protogothic.
Decoration
Red floriate initial with animal motifs (fol. 1v).
Other initials in plain red.
Blank spaces after fol. 131v.
Binding
Laudian binding. Polished brown calf with archbishop Laud’s arms in gilt in the centre of each cover. Vestiges of two ties. The spine (split) with the remains of three paper labels, including one pre-Bodleian, handwritten.
Acquisition
Part of his third donation to the Bodleian, 1639. Former Bodleian shelfmarks ‘F. 26’ and ‘Laud 211’ (front pastedown).
Provenance
‘Possibly’ from the Eberbach scriptorium (Palmer).
Eberbach ex libris, 15th century (fol. 1r)
Identifiable as c 17 in the Eberbach library catalogue of 1502.
‘I5.’ in ink (fols. 1r, 2r).
William Laud, 1573–1645, 1638 (fol. 1v).
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Title
Rupertus Tuitiensis, etc.
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Misc. 211
Summary
Fols. 1v-123v. Rupert of Deutz, De diuinis officiis (VII.13-XII.24)
Fols. 124r-129v. Rubric: (fol. 123v) Ex opusculis sancti Ambrosii episcopi
Fols. 129v-145r. ⟨Hugh of St-Victor⟩, ⟨De archa Noe morali⟩ (extract, II.17-III.14)
Fol. 145r-173v. ⟨Florus of Lyon⟩, ⟨De expositione missae⟩
Fol. 174r-175v. Letter on the First Crusade by Dagobert of Pisa et al. (Laodicea, 1099)
Fols. 175v-176r. On baptism
Fol. 175v. On the creed (?)
Fol. 176r-v. ⟨Expositio missae 'Introitus misse quare dicitur'⟩
Date
12th century, third quarter
Language
Latin
Physical extent
176 Leaves
Custodial history
Manuscript 2592 acquired by the Bodleian Library
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Collection contents
Rupertus Tuitiensis, etc.
