Cassiodorus, Historia tripartita; Germany, c. 1100
MS. Laud Misc. 440
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Cassiodorus, Historia tripartita; Germany, c. 1100
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Misc. 440
Date
c. 1100
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
ii + 154 leaves
Decoration
Good initials. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 1297)
Musical notation
Added neums (fol. 152v)
Binding
Brown tanned calf over laminated pulpboard for Abp. Laud, 1637–1639.
Acquisition
Part of his third donation to the Bodleian, 1639.
Provenance
Tentatively attributed to Bamberg by H. Hoffmann on grounds of script (Bamberger Handschriften des 10. und des 11. Jahrhunderts, MGH Schriften 39 (1995), p. 154)
Johannes nymantem frūt: 15th century inscription, fol. 152v.
William Laud, 1573–1645, 1636.
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Title
Cassiodorus; Epiphanius Scholasticus, Historia tripartita and Hymns with neums
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Misc. 440
Date
Written in South Germany, c. 1100
Language
Latin
Physical facet
Black-and-red initials
Physical extent
152 Leaves
Custodial history
Manuscript 2482 acquired by the Bodleian Library
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Collection contents
Cassiodorus; Epiphanius Scholasticus, Historia tripartita and Hymns with neums
