Bible, New Testament

Title

Bible, New Testament

Shelfmark

MS. Laud Lat. 23

Place of origin

French, South

Date

additions, 13th century, first half

12th century, end

additions, 15th century

Language

Latin

Contents

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Physical extent

225 leaves

Hands

Item 2 written in Southern French protogothic script by a single hand.

Items 3 and 4 written in a late protogothic script verging on textualis, first half of the thirteenth century.

Item 1 written in 15th-century cursive script

Decoration

Penwork initials. (Pächt and Alexander i. 495)

Running heads in red; rubrics and framing/highlighting; chapters numbered in red roman numerals; paraphs; occasional brackets in blue.

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

Mainz, Charterhouse St Michael: 15th-century ex-libris inscription at the lower margin of fol. 4r.

William Laud, 1573–1645: his ex-libris inscription, dated 1638, at the lower margin of fol. 4r.

Title

New Testament

Shelfmark

MS. Laud Lat. 23

Date

12th century, end

Language

Latin

Physical extent

225 Leaves

Custodial history

Manuscript 2437 acquired by the Bodleian Library