Augustine; West Germany, 12th century, first half
MS. Laud Misc. 117
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Augustine; West Germany, 12th century, first half
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Misc. 117
Date
12th century, first half (probably around 1120)
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
133 leaves
Hands
Late Caroline minuscule, a western variant by at least three different scribes. Items 6 and 7 are added in another near contemporary hand.
Decoration
Floriate initial, fol. 46r.
Coloured red initials.
Blue initial with red penwork, fol. 103v (later addition)
Binding
Brown tanned calf over laminated pulpboard for Abp. Laud, 1637–1639.
Acquisition
Part of his third donation to the Bodleian, 1639.
Provenance
Identifiable as b 24 in the Eberbach library catalogue of 1502.
William Laud, 1573–1645, 1637.
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Title
Augustine, etc.
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Misc. 117
Summary
Fols. 1-41v. Augustine, Contra epistulam Parmeniani
Fols. 41v-44r. Augustine, De praesentia Dei (ep. 187) (extract, §8-§20)
Fols. 44v-45v. Augustine⟩ Enchiridion ad Laurentium (extracts, i.34-7, 98-99)
Fols. 46r-68v. Augustine, De spiritu et littera
Fols. 68v-131v. Augustine, De libero arbitrio
Fols. 131v-132. Johannes Marsicanus, Letter to Anselm of Canterbury
Fols. 132-133v. Emperor Henry IV, Ep. 39
Date
12th century, first half
Language
Latin
Physical extent
133 Leaves
Custodial history
Manuscript 2770 acquired by the Bodleian Library
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