I–II Maccabees; Germany, s. ix 1/3
MS. Laud Lat. 22
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
I–II Maccabees; Germany, s. ix 1/3
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Lat. 22
Place of origin
German
Date
9th century, first third
Language
Old High German (ca. 750-1050)
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
i (modern paper) + 167 + i (17th cent. parchment) + i (modern paper), foliated i, 1–169; 49 and 53 double, 80 omitted, 161 and 166 missing, one leaf between 101 and 102 unnumbered.
Hands
Carolingian minuscule, one hand.
Decoration
Good scribal initials, cf. Pächt and Alexander i. 2, pl. I.
Sketch of a man on a horse, fol. 148v.
Rubrics.
Musical notation
Neums of St Gall type, fol. 91v, accompanying the opening of Walahfrid Strabo, Hymnus de s. Gallo confessore Christi (carm. 72), added 10th century.
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
Würzburg, Domstift St Kilian: 15th-century shelfmark, fol. 1r.
William Laud, 1573–1645: his ex libris, 1637, fol. 1r.
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Title
Maccabees I and II:
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Lat. 22
Summary
Fols. 1v-5r. Capitula
Fols. 5r-97v. I Maccabees
Fols. 97v-99v. Capitula
Fols. 99v-167v. II Maccabees
Date
9th century, first third
Language
Latin
Physical extent
169 Leaves
Custodial history
Stated to have belonged to St. Kylian's at Würzburg. Old shelfmark xxxv. Manuscript 2676 acquired by the Bodleian Library
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Collection contents
Maccabees I and II:
