Jerome, Commentary on the Minor Prophets; Würzburg, Domstift, s. ix1/3 (Wolfgar) & ix2/3 (Gozbald).
MS. Laud Misc. 256
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Description
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Title
Jerome, Commentary on the Minor Prophets; Würzburg, Domstift, s. ix1/3 (Wolfgar) & ix2/3 (Gozbald).
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Misc. 256
Date
9th century, first third and second third
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
i (17-cent. paper) + i (17-cent. parchment) + 151 + i (17-cent. parchement) + i (17-cent. paper) leaves
Hands
German Anglo-Saxon minuscule, combined with early Carolingian minuscule, ninth century, first third, from Würzburg, Domstift St Kilian, and additions/supplements in Carolingian minuscule, ninth century, second third (Gozbald group).
Decoration
None
Binding
Brown tanned calf over laminated pulpboard for Abp. Laud, 1637–1639.
Acquisition
Given to the Bodleian as part of his third donation, dispatched on 28 June 1639.
Provenance
Written in Würzburg, Domstift St Kilian, in two stages, based on paleographical evidence: (1) fols. 2r–58v, l. 2, 68r–88r, 103r–128v, l. 12, left unfinished, supplemented by (2) fols 33r–34v (over erased Anglo-Saxon minuscule of the 1st part), 58v, l. 3–67v, of which fols 58v, l. 3–64v largely show erased text and are partly rewritten, 88v–99v, 100r–102v and 128v, l. 13–151v.
Würzburg, Domstift St Kilian: a 12th-century ex-libris inscription, fol. 1r; a 15th-century shelfmark, fol. 2r; entries in the booklist of c. 1000, nos 33–36. Cf. no. 37, and the booklist c. 800, no. 4.
William Laud, 1573–1645: his ex libris, 1637, fol. 1v.
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Title
Jerome, Commentary on the Minor Prophets
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Misc. 256
Summary
Fol. 1r-v. Mainly blank, except for ownership inscriptions and a note of contents, second third of the ninth century on f. 1r.
Fols. 2-151v. Jerome, Commentary on the Minor Prophets (Micah, Nahum, Zephaniah, Haggai): (fols. 2r-66r) Commentary on Micah, with prologue, (fol. 2r) Prologue, (fols. 2v-31v) Commentary
Fols. 66r-v, 68r-96r. Commentary on Nahum, with prologue: (fol. 66r-v) Prologue, (fols. 66v-67v) Commentary on Zechariah: prologue, (fols. 68r-96r) Commentary in Nahum
Fols. 96r-131r. Commentary on Zephaniah, with prologue: (fol. 96r-v) Prologue, (fols. 96v-131r) Commentary
Fols. 131r-151v. Commentary on Haggai, with prologue: (fol. 131r–v) Prologue, (fols. 131v-151v) Commentary
Date
9th century, first third and second third
Language
Latin
Physical facet
Brown tanned calf over laminated pulpboard, ff. 2-54 Hiberno-Saxon writing
Physical extent
151 Leaves
Custodial history
Old shelfmark v. Manuscript 2560 acquired by the Bodleian Library
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Collection contents
Jerome, Commentary on the Minor Prophets
