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Canons and decrees; Western Germany, s. ixex

MS. Laud Misc. 421

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Title

Canons and decrees; Western Germany, s. ixex

Shelfmark

MS. Laud Misc. 421

Date

9th century, end

Language

Latin

Contents

This description is abbreviated from Daniela Mairhofer, Medieval Manuscripts from Würzburg in the Bodleian Library, Oxford: A Descriptive Catalogue (Oxford, 2014), pp. 648–64. For purposes of scholarly citation, reference to the printed catalogue is requested.
1. (fol. 1ra–rb) Capitulatio: Collectio Vaticana, frgm., nos 14–44
2. (fols. 1rb–120vb) Collectio canonum Dionysio-Hadriana
3. (fols. 120vb–121rb) Concilium Romanum an. 743
4. (fols. 121rb–122ra) Eugene II. (824–827): Canones Concilii Romani an. 826, tituli
5. (fols. 122ra–123vb) Decretum Gelasianum de libris recipiendis et non recipiendis
6. (fols. 123vb–142va) Collectio Novariensis
7. (fols. 142va–143va) Epistula canonica
8. (fols. 143va–146ra) Canones Silvestri papae
9.1. (fol. 146ra) Ps.-Jerome Ep. supp. 44 (Gloria sanctitatis)
9.2. (fol. 146ra) Ps.-Damasus Ep. 6 (Gaudet ecclesia)
10. (fols. 146rb–vb) List of popes
11. (fols. 147ra–151va) Gennadius Liber sive diffinitio ecclesiasticorum dogmatum
12. (fols. 151va–153ra) Ps.-Clement of Rome Epistola ad Iacobum fratrem Domini
13. (fol. 153ra–va) Gregory the Great Registrum, 6. 12
14. (fols. 153va–154ra) List of patriarchs of Constantinople, Alexander confessor to Ignarus orthodoxus (Ignatius I)
(fol. 154ra–va) Isidore of Seville Etymologiae, app. 11, ad lib. 11, cap. 5
(fol. 154va) Isidore of Seville Etymologiae, 9. 5. 9–10
(fol. 155r) Table of Consanguinity
16. (fol. 55va–vb) Rubric: De locis quibus unguendum est infirmis
17. (fols. 155vb–156rb) Cyprian of Carthage ep. 1
18. (fols. 156rb–157vb) Gregory the Great Registrum
Fols. ii recto–iii verso blank, except for a list of contents and the ex-libris; 158r-159v blank.

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Physical extent

iii (17th-cent.) + 157 + ii (17th-cent.) leaves

Hands

German Carolingian minuscule by several, very similar hands.

Decoration

Table of consanguinity, West German, s. ixex, fol. 155r.

Red rubrics, headers

Simple coloured initials.

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 very likely in Western Germany, s. ixex.

Würzburg, Domstift St Kilian: a 15th-cent. shelfmark, fols. 1r and 2r.

William Laud, 1573–1645: his ex libris, 1637, fol. iii verso.

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Title

Canons and decrees

Shelfmark

MS. Laud Misc. 421

Summary

Fol. 1ra-rb. Capitulatio: Collectio Vaticana, frgm., nos 14-44

Fols. 1rb-120vb. Collectio canonum Dionysio-Hadriana

Fols. 120vb-121rb. Concilium Romanum an. 743

Fols. 121rb–122ra. Eugene II. (824–827): Canones Concilii Romani an. 826, tituli

Fols. 122ra–123vb. Decretum Gelasianum de libris recipiendis et non recipiendis (CPL 1676)

Fols. 123vb-142va. Collectio Novariensis

Fols. 142va–143va. Epistula canonica

Fols. 143va–146ra. Canones Silvestri papae: Fol. 146ra. Ps.-Jerome, Ep. supp. 44 (Gloria sanctitatis) and Fol. 146ra. Ps.-Damasus, Ep. 6 (Gaudet ecclesia. (Jaffé †240)

Fols. 146rb–vb. List of popes: St Peter to John VIII

Fols. 147ra–151va. Gennadius, Liber sive diffinitio ecclesiasticorum dogmatum

Fols. 151va–153ra. Ps.-Clement of Rome, Epistola ad Iacobum fratrem Domini (Jaffé †11)

Fol. 153ra–va. Gregory the Great, Registrum, 6. 12

Fols. 153va–154ra. List of patriarchs of Constantinople, Alexander confessor to Ignarus orthodoxus (Ignatius I)

Fol. 154ra–va. Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae, app. 11, ad lib. 11, cap. 5: Fol. 154va. Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae, 9. 5. 9–10 and Fol. 155r) Table of Consanguinity

Fol. 55va–vb. Rubric: De locis quibus unguendum est infirmis

Fols. 155vb–156rb. Cyprian of Carthage, ep. 1

Fols. 156rb-157vb. Gregory the Great, Registrum

(fols. ii recto–iii verso are blank, except for a list of contents and the ex-libris; 158r-159v are blank)

Date

9th century, end

Language

Latin

Physical extent

157 Leaves

Custodial history

Stated to have belonged to St. Kylian's at Würzburg. Manuscript 2507 acquired by the Bodleian Library

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Collection contents

Laudian Collection

Canons and decrees

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  • Clement, I, Pope, pseudo

  • Laud, William, 1573-1645

  • Isidore, of Seville, Saint, -636

  • Jerome, pseudo

  • Damasus I, pseudo

  • Gennadius, of Marseilles, active 5th century

  • Cyprian, Saint, Bishop of Carthage (d. 258)

  • Gregory, I, Pope, approximately 540-604

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