Hugutio of Pisa — 14th century, second half; German

Title

Hugutio of Pisa — 14th century, second half; German

Shelfmark

MS. Laud Misc. 626

Date

14th century, second half

Language

German

Latin

Contents

Form

codex

Support

parchment, with occasional holes and other flaws, sometimes within the text area; the outer margin of fol. 126 cut very close to the text

Physical extent

i (paper) + i (parchment) + 190 + i (parchment) + i (paper)

Hands

Gothic bookhand

Decoration

Four- to seven-line puzzle initials in red and blue, with red and blue penwork infill and red and blue vertical extensions, at the beginning of the prologue and the first initial of each alphabetical section (those for ‘H’ and ‘S’, fols. 79v and 150v, especially elaborate; that for ‘I’ in plain red, fol. 86r); two-line initials alternately red or blue (very occasionally with added? penwork, fol. 129v).

Binding

Laudian binding. Sewn on three bands laced into pasteboards covered with brown leather, the covers each with the gilt arms of archbishop Laud; traces of two ties; the spine (repaired) with two paper labels printed ‘Laud. | H | 71.’ and ‘Laud | 626’.

Acquisition

Part of his third donation to the Bodleian, 1639. Former Bodleian shelfmarks: ‘H. 71’ and ‘Laud 626’ (front pastedown; cf spine and fol. ii verso).

Provenance

Medieval provenance unknown; not identifiable in the catalogues of the Mainz Charterhouse or of Eberbach Abbey.

Archbishop William Laud; inscribed with the usual Laudian inscription, here dated 1637 (fol. ii verso); his arms on the binding.

Title

Hugutio of Pisa, Liber deriuationum

Shelfmark

MS. Laud Misc. 626

Date

14th century, second half

Language

Latin

Physical extent

190 Leaves

Custodial history

Manuscript 2757 acquired by the Bodleian Library