Vitas patrum; Germany, 15th century, middle or second half
MS. Laud Misc. 346
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Vitas patrum; Germany, 15th century, middle or second half
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Misc. 346
Place of origin
German
Date
15th century, middle or second half
11th or early 12th century
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
paper
Physical extent
255 folios
Hands
Cursive.
Decoration
Initials. (Pächt and Alexander i. 164)
8–13 line decorated penwork initials in red and black sometimes with foliate patterns, at the beginning of sections (fols. 1r, 7v, etc.
Coloured initials, sometimes extending into the margins; capitals touched in red.
Rubrics; some rubrics and initials not filled in (fol. 147v, 154v)
Binding
Late-medieval blind-tooled and stamped binding.
Former chained binding.
Acquisition
Part of his third donation to the Bodleian, 1639.
Provenance
Not identifiable in the Eberbach catalogue of 1502.
Eberbach, Cistercian abbey: ex libris of the Eberbach Abtsbibliothek.
Eberbach signature M, 17th century, on the front board.
William Laud, 1573–1645, 1638.
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Title
Vitas patrum
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Misc. 346
Summary
Vitas patrum:
Fols. 1r-85v. ⟨Ps.-Jerome⟩, Verba seniorum siue Liber adhortationum sanctorum patrum
Fols. 86r-92r. ⟨Ps.-⟩Macharius, Epistola ad monachos (ep. 4)
Fols. 92r-118v. Verba seniorum (tr. Paschasius Dumiensis)
Fols. 119r-147r. Jerome, Vita S. Hilarionis
Fols. 147r-154v. Jerome, Vita S. Malchi
Fols. 154v-158v. Vita S. Frontonii (BHL 3192a)
Fols. 159r-162v. Vita S. Marinae (BHL 5528)
Fols. 162v-171r. ⟨Ps.-Athanasius of Alexandria⟩, ⟨De obseruationibus monachorum⟩
Fols. 171r-184r. Vita S. Symeonis (BHL 7957a)
Fols. 184r-193r. ⟨Jerome⟩, Vita S. Pauli
Fols. 193r-253v. Athanasius, Vita S. Antonii (tr. Evagrius)
The fly-leaves are 'from a late 11th cent. book containing ... exorcisms, etc.'.
Date
15th century, middle or second half
Language
Latin
Physical facet
Original 15th century blind-tooled leather binding
Physical extent
253 Leaves
Custodial history
Manuscript 2528 acquired by the Bodleian Library
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