Institutiones canonicorum et sanctimonialium Aquisgranenses — 13th century, first half; Germany, (West (?))

Title

Institutiones canonicorum et sanctimonialium Aquisgranenses — 13th century, first half; Germany, (West (?))

Shelfmark

MS. Laud Misc. 424

Date

13th century, first half

Language

Latin

Contents

Form

codex

Support

parchment (FHHF) generally of good quality with few flaws

Physical extent

i (paper) + i (parchment) + 91 + i (paper) folios

Hands

Protogothic; apparently one hand, presumably 'Marquart' (fol. 91rb).

Decoration

4-line painted initial in silver (oxidized) on a blue ground, with red outlining, fol. 3r.

Typically 2-line red ink initials with modest arabesque decoration at the beginning of each chapter.

Binding

Laudian binding of calf over pasteboards; sewn on five bands. Edges stained blue.

Acquisition

Part of his third donation to the Bodleian, 1639. Former Bodleian shelfmark J. 32.

Provenance

Medieval provenance unknown. Occasional 'nota' signs and clause-division added in leadpoint (e.g. fol. 14r-v).

Marginalia, c. 1400 (?), fol. 5r, tu autem domine miserere nobis.

William Laud, 1573–1645: ex libris, 1637 (fol. 1r)

Title

Canons of the Council of Aachen

Shelfmark

MS. Laud Misc. 424

Date

c. 1200

Language

Latin

Physical extent

91 Leaves

Custodial history

Manuscript 2775 acquired by the Bodleian Library