Summa de dignitatibus et virtutibus clericorum et laicorum; Germany, 14th century, second quarter
MS. Laud Misc. 632
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Summa de dignitatibus et virtutibus clericorum et laicorum; Germany, 14th century, second quarter
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Misc. 632
Date
14th century, second quarter or middle (after 1336)
Language
Latin
Middle High German (ca. 1050-1500)
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
192 leaves
Decoration
Miniatures in the margins: Pope Clement II crowns Henry III as Holy Roman Emperor in 1046, f. 44r; Donation of Constantine 44v; Pope Innocent IV excommunicates Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II 45r, 85r. Miniature of a kneeling monk 'Gisilbertus' offering a book to the Virgin and Child, fol. 88r.
Initials in red and blue.
Binding
Brown tanned calf over laminated pulpboard for Abp. Laud, 1637–1639.
Acquisition
Part of his third donation to the Bodleian, 1639.
Provenance
Gloss probably added in Eberbach.
Identifiable as R 20 in the Eberbach library catalogue of 1502.
William Laud, 1573–1645, 1638.
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Title
Magister Gisilbertus (?), Summa de dignitatibus et virtutibus clericorum et laicorum
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Misc. 632
Summary
Fols. 2r-43v. Tractatus de virtutibus et viciis clericorum
Fols. 43v-111r. Tractatus de uirtutibus et viciis laycorum
Fols. 111r-189v. Tractatus de penitenciis et remissionibus
Fol. 93e. A rhyme in German, quoted from Freidank's Bescheidenheit 44,11-12: 'Man sidit [sic for sihit] leyder selden | truwe mit truwen gelden'
Date
14th century, second quarter
Language
Latin
Physical extent
192 Leaves
Custodial history
Manuscript 2702 acquired by the Bodleian Library
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Collection contents
Magister Gisilbertus (?), Summa de dignitatibus et virtutibus clericorum et laicorum
