Gospel Book; Fulda, 9th century, first quarter
MS. Laud Lat. 102
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Gospel Book; Fulda, 9th century, first quarter
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Lat. 102
Place of origin
Germany, Fulda, abbey of St Salvator
Date
9th century, first quarter
Language
Old High German (ca. 750-1050)
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
iv (unfoliated, from the rebind of 2016–17) + 210 + iv (unfoliated, from the rebind of 2016–17)
Hands
Five hands or groups of hands (fols. 9r-38v7; fols. 38v8–59r; fols. 59v-78v1, 79v4–170v; fols. 171r-207r; 207v-210v), writing German Anglo-Saxon minuscule and Carolingian minuscule, 9th century, first quarter.
Fols. 78v2–79v4, erased text, written over by a hand from Würzburg belonging to the Hunbert group. Fol. 14r, l. 21–v added at Würzburg, St Kilians, in Carolingian minuscule.
Decoration
Good canon tables, initials, Fulda, 9th century, first third (Pächt and Alexander i. 6, pl. 1): canon tables on fols. 1r–8v
Initials on fols. 9r, 12r, 15r, 16r, 20r, 72r, 112r, and 174v.
Red rubrics, monumental capitals, quire signatures and headers.
Binding
Conserved and rebound by Sabina Pugh at the Bodleian Library, March 2016 - December 2017. Inboard binding of alum-tawed calkskin over quarter-sawn oak boards, with the spine covering and the tawed spine lining not adhered to the spine of the manuscript. The secondary endbands are sewn with indigo dyed and natural linen threads, and the spine covering is mechanically attached beneath the endband cores by a saddle stitch, sewn with an indigo-dyed linen thread. The boards and endleaves from the previous Laudian binding have been preserved.
Acquisition
Given to the Bodleian as part of his third donation, dispatched on 28 June 1639.
Provenance
At Würzburg, Domstift St Kilian, early on: added text, fols. 78v-79r, and (later) fol. 14r. Domstift shelfmark, 15th century, fol. 2r.
William Laud, 1573–1645: his ex libris, 1637, fol. 9r.
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Title
Evangeliary
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Lat. 102
Summary
Fol. 1r-8v. Canon tables
Fol. 9r. Jerome, Prologue to the Gospels (Stegmüller 596 and 10822)
Fol. 11v. Jerome, Prologue to the Gospels (Stegmüller 595)
Fol. 14r. Office of St Kilian
Fol. 15r. Prologue to Matthew (Stegmüller 591)
Fol. 16r. Capitula to Matthew
Fol. 19v. Matthew
Fol. 69r. Prologue to Mark (Stegmüller 607)
Fol. 70r. Capitula to Mark
Fol. 72r. Mark
Fol. 107r. Prologue to Luke (Stegmüller 620 = 3437)
Fol. 108r. Capitula to Luke
Fol. 112r. Luke
Fol. 173v. Prologue to John (Stegmüller 624)
Fol. 174v. John
(fols. 211r-212v are blank)
Date
9th century, first quarter
Language
Latin
Physical extent
210 Leaves
Custodial history
From St Kylian, Würzburg. Old St. Kylian's shelfmark, lxxx. MS. Frere 229. Manuscript 2251 acquired by the Bodleian Library
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