Hugh of St.-Victor, De sacramentis christianae fidei (book II); Germany, late 12th or early 13th century

Title

Hugh of St.-Victor, De sacramentis christianae fidei (book II); Germany, late 12th or early 13th century

Shelfmark

MS. Laud Misc. 399

Date

12th century, late, or 13th century, early

Language

Latin

Contents

Form

codex

Support

Parchment, several flaws and irregular edges

Physical extent

i (paper) + i + 97 + i + i (paper) leaves (Many irregular edges)

Hands

Protogothic script; one hand (?)

Decoration

Initials in plain red, sometimes with minor decorative elements.

Binding

Standard binding of the Laudian collection.

Acquisition

Part of his third donation to the Bodleian, 1639.

Provenance

Eberbach, Cistercian abbey: mark of the chain-staple of the Eberbach libraria major on fols. 96-97 (cf. N. Palmer, Zisterzienser und ihre Bucher (1998), 182-3). Very probably identifiable as I 8 in the Eberbach catalogue of 1502 ('Hugo de sacramentis initium Magne sunt in scripturis') (Palmer, Zisterzienser, 241, without reference to the present manuscript).

William Laud: acquired 1637 (ex libris, fol. 1r) after the disperal of the Eberbach library in the Thirty Years' War

Title

Hugh of St.-Victor, De sacramentis christianae fidei

Shelfmark

MS. Laud Misc. 399

Date

12th century, end

Language

Latin

Physical extent

97 Leaves

Custodial history

Manuscript 2602 acquired by the Bodleian Library