Augustine — 8th century, late - 9th century, early (fols 1r-44r), and 9th century, first half (fols. 44r-155v); Germany, Lorsch, Benedictine abbey

Title

Augustine — 8th century, late - 9th century, early (fols 1r-44r), and 9th century, first half (fols. 44r-155v); Germany, Lorsch, Benedictine abbey

Shelfmark

MS. Laud Misc. 141

Date

8th century, late - 9th century, early (fols 1r-44r), and 9th century, first half (fols. 44r-155v)

Language

Latin

Contents

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Physical extent

155 medieval leaves

Hands

Caroline minuscule, several hands; early Caroline minuscule on fol. 15r (Bischoff).

Decoration

Rubrics.

Initials in red and in the ink of the text.

Binding

Calf over pasteboard: standard binding of the Laudian collection.

Acquisition

Part of his third donation to the Bodleian, 1639.

Provenance

Lorsch, Benedictine abbey: probably identifiable in the 9th-century library catalogues (A. Häse, Mittelalterliche Bücherverzeichnisse aus Kloster Lorsch. Einleitung, Edition und Kommentar (2002), no. 93)

Eberbach, Cistercian abbey: ex libris, 15th century, fol. 155v; probably identifiable as b7 in the 1502 catalogue (N. Palmer, Zisterzienser und ihre Bücher (1998), p. 238). The manuscript was probably removed from Lorsch to Eberbach between 1233 and 1245 while Lorsch was administered by monks from Eberbach (Palmer, p. 18).

William Laud, acquired 1638.

Title

Augustine, De Genesi ad litteram

Shelfmark

MS. Laud Misc. 141

Date

8th century, late-9th century, early, and 9th century, first half

Language

Latin

Physical extent

155 Leaves

Custodial history

From Lorsch. Manuscript 2577 acquired by the Bodleian Library