Gregory the Great, Homiliae XL in evangelia; German-Insular area, 9th century, first half
MS. Laud Misc. 429
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Gregory the Great, Homiliae XL in evangelia; German-Insular area, 9th century, first half
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Misc. 429
Date
9th century, first half
Language
Latin
Old High German (ca. 750-1050)
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
i (17th-cent. paper) + i (17th-cent.) + 170 + i + i (17th-cent.) leaves
Hands
German Insular minuscule, the first half of the 9th century, by a single hand.
Decoration
Initials.
Sketch, partly pricked, of an animal, fol. 1r. Two animal sketches in ink, 11th century, fol. 94v. Sketches in hard point of animals and humans, fols. 74r 97r, 122r, 165v, and 170v.
Red rubrics.
Musical notation
Added neums, St Gall type, 10th and 11th century, fols. 1v, 2r, 4r, 65v, 66r.
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: the 15th-century shelfmark, fol. 2r.
William Laud, 1573–1645: his ex libris, 1637, fol. 1v.
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Title
Gregory the Great, Homiliae XL in evangelia
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Misc. 429
Date
9th century, first half
Language
Latin
Physical extent
170 Leaves
Custodial history
Stated to have belonged to St. Kylian's at Würzburg. Has its shelfmark lxxviij. Manuscript 2743 acquired by the Bodleian Library
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Collection contents
Gregory the Great, Homiliae XL in evangelia
