A: Paradisus animae intelligentis; Germany (Central Hessian region), s. xiv2/4-mid; B: Various texts, mainly on contemplation; Germany (Mainz Charterhouse), s. xiv2/4-mid (part B)
MS. Laud Misc. 479
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
A: Paradisus animae intelligentis; Germany (Central Hessian region), s. xiv2/4-mid; B: Various texts, mainly on contemplation; Germany (Mainz Charterhouse), s. xiv2/4-mid (part B)
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Misc. 479
Date
s. xiv2/4–mid
Language
Middle High German (ca. 1050-1500)
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment, paper
Physical extent
i (17th century) + 201 + i (17th century) leaves
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
MS. Laud Misc. 479 consists of two German parts: A) a German sermon collection, and B) a collection of Latin texts mainly on contemplation and the ascent to God; both were once in the possession of the Mainz Charterhouse, but were presumably brought together only in the course of the Laudian binding.
William Laud, 1573–1645: his ex libris, 1638, fol. 1r.
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Title
Paradisus animae, in German: etc.
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Misc. 479
Summary
Paradisus animae intelligentis (sermon collection including 32 sermons of Meister Eckhart)
Treatise on contemplation
Gérard of Liège, De doctrina cordis (extracts)
Richard of St.-Victor (extracts)
Date
14th century, beginning
Language
Latin
Physical extent
201 Leaves
Custodial history
MS. Priebsch 147. Manuscript 2587 acquired by the Bodleian Library
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Collection contents
Paradisus animae, in German: etc.
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Connections
People associated with this object
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William, of Saint-Thierry, Abbot of Saint-Thierry, approximately 1085-1148?
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Laud, William, 1573-1645
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Eckhart, Meister, -1327
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Gregory, I, Pope, approximately 540-604
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Thomas, Gallus, -1246
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Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo
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Bernard, of Clairvaux, Saint, 1090 or 1091-1153
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Gerardus, Leodiensis, OCist, ca. 13th cent.
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Richard, of St. Victor, -1173
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Fulzo de Longa Curia, canon at Mainz Cathedral, fl. 1301
