Ludolf of Saxony, Martin of Dacia — 15th century, middle; Germany
MS. Hamilton 12
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Ludolf of Saxony, Martin of Dacia — 15th century, middle; Germany
Shelfmark
MS. Hamilton 12
Place of origin
Germany
Germany (?)
Date
13th century, late or 14th century, early
14th century, second half or 15th century
15th century, middle
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
Paper, folded in quarto. (1) fols. 1–60 (except fols. 37, 48), fols. 97 and 108 (?), watermark Ochsenkopf (frei, mit Oberzeichen, mit zweikonturiger Stange, Blume, ohne weiteres Beizeichen, sieben Blütenblätter, mit Augen), c. 117 mm. high, width (ears) c. 36/7 mm., positioned between chainlines, c. 36/7 mm. between chainlines; cf. Piccard xiii.12–53, closest to 43; (2) fols. 61–84, watermark indistinct (Ochsenkopf, mit einikonturiger Stange, sechs (?) Blütenblätter), positioned between chainlines, c. 95 mm. high, c. 42/3 mm. between chainlines; (3) fols. 85–96, 98–107, 109–120 (?), 121–2 and 133–4: watermark Ochsenkopf (mit einikonturiger Stange, sieben Blütenblätter), c. 117 mm. high, positioned between chainlines, c. 42/3 mm. between chainlines, cf. Piccard xii.437;(4) fols. 123–131, watermark Ochsenkopf (mit einikonturiger Stange, sechs Blütenblätter), c. 100–2 mm. high, width (ears) c. 39 mm., positioned between chainlines, c. 41 mm. between chainlines, cf. Piccard xii.276–7, 285–6. Fols. 159–167, watermark indistinct.
Physical extent
i (modern paper) + 166 (not counting fol. 111b, a modern paper insert) + 1 (original paper) + 1 (parchment, former pastedown) + 1 (parchment, former pastedown) + i (modern paper)
Hands
Cursive, two hands (1) fols. 1r-34r, 37r-63v, 65v-146r, 147v-154r, 155r-166r (2) fols. 34r-37r, 63v-65v, 146v-147v, 154v-155r.
Decoration
Small coloured initials at the beginning of sections. Occasional larger coloured initials at the beginning of Psalms. Underlining in red. Headings in textualis.
Binding
19th century binding.
Acquisition
Presented to the Bodleian Library by his sons and received in 1857.
Provenance
St Peter's, Erfurt: Liber sancti Petri in Erfordia, 15th cent., fol. 1r.
Friedrich Gottlieb Julius von Bülow, 1760-?1831, 60 ('Alani glossa super psalterium') in the catalogue of part 3 of his sale, 10 Oct. 1836 (cf. fol. 1r)
Sir William Hamilton, 1788–1856
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