Taio, Bishop of Saragossa — 9th century, second quarter (Bischoff 2004); Germany
MS. Laud Misc. 433
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Taio, Bishop of Saragossa — 9th century, second quarter (Bischoff 2004); Germany
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Misc. 433
Date
9th century, second quarter (Bischoff 2004)
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
i (paper) + 187 + i (paper)
Hands
Caroline minuscule by several hands.
Rubrics and opening line of chapters typically in uncial.
Fol. 1v filled with a rubric in square capitals.
Other rubrics occasionally in rustic capitals.
Decoration
The opening lines of bk. I, chs. 1-3 (fols. 7r, 8v, 9r) in uncial in yellow (fols. 7r, 9r) or black (fol. 8v) on a crimson (fol. 7r), yellow (fol. 8v) or green (fol. 9r) ground in a plain red (fol. yr), green (fol. 8v) or crimson (fol. 9r) border; decorated initial 'S' on fol. 7r in yellow and red extending into animal heads.
Larger initials at the beginning of most books: 'O' in red and black with reserved ground, fol. 37v; elaborate interlace 'I' in black, fol. 93r; interlace 'O' in black, red, and yellow, fol. 126r; plain black 'O', fol. 160v.
Each section typically with a 3-line plain ink initial, occasionally with modest decorative elements (e.g. fols. 21v, 92r, 109r, 166v (with a face)).
Binding
A standard binding of the Laudian collection, calf over pasteboard with the Laudian arms in gilt on each cover; rebacked.
Former chained binding: marks of a chain-staple fol. 1, top centre.
Acquisition
Part of his third donation to the Bodleian, 1639; former shelfmark H. 47 (inside cover).
Provenance
Associated by Bischoff with two other manuscripts (BAV Pal. Lat. 246 and MS. Laud Misc. 452 fols. 1-191) of uncertain origin, not identifiable as written at Lorsch (although perhaps from its area), but corrected there in the ninth century.
Lorsch, Benedictine abbey: identifiable in the Carolingian library catalogues (A. Häse, Mittelalterliche Bücherverzeichnisse aus Kloster Lorsch. Einleitung, Edition und Kommentar (2002), no. 185, p. 258).
Eberbach, Cistercian abbey: probably one of the manuscripts transferred from Lorsch to Eberbach in the second quarter of the thirteenth century. Seemingly identifiable as H6 in the catalogue of 1502: 'Sentencie beati gregorii Initium Dominus michi valde etc.' (Nigel F. Palmer, Zisterzienser und ihre Bücher: die mittelalterliche Bibliotheksgeschichte von Kloster Eberbach im Rheingau (Regensburg, 1998), pp. 18, 98-101, 239).
William Laud, acquired 1638 (inscription, fol. 1v).
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Title
Taio, Bishop of Saragossa, Sententiarum libri quinque
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Misc. 433
Date
9th century, first half
Language
Latin
Physical extent
187 Leaves
Custodial history
It is 'practically certain that this is a Lorsch book.' Old mark .E.e. Manuscript 2741 acquired by the Bodleian Library
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Collection contents
Taio, Bishop of Saragossa, Sententiarum libri quinque
