Conrad of Eberbach, Exordium magnum Cisteciense; etc.; Germany, 13th century, first quarter
MS. Laud Misc. 238
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Conrad of Eberbach, Exordium magnum Cisteciense; etc.; Germany, 13th century, first quarter
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Misc. 238
Date
13th century, first quarter
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
ii + i + 200 + 1 + ii folios
Decoration
One fine initial retouched, many good initials.
Red-and-green foliate penwork initial on gold ground, fol. 7r.
Red initials with penwork decoration, the decoration sometimes in green and (fols. 175v-299b) blue.
Binding
Laudian binding.
Acquisition
Part of his third donation to the Bodleian, 1639.
Provenance
clariuallis, fol. 199bv, probably an from a summary of contents.
Probably dentifiable as T7 or d27 in the Eberbach library catalogue of 1502.
Erased ex libris (c. 1600) of a Cistercian house, fol. 1r, Liber Marie virginis in (possibly Eberbach, cf. MS. Laud Misc. 292, fol. 1v).
Ex libris of the Cistercian nunnery of Aulhausen (Marienhausen), 17th century.
William Laud, 1573–1645, 1638.
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Title
De ordine Cisterciensi
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Misc. 238
Summary
Fols. 1r-175rb. Conrad of Eberbach, Exordium magnum Cisteciense
Fols. 175va-181vb. Guerric of Igny, Sermones in nativitate sancti Johannis Baptistae 1-4
Fols. 182ra-193vb. Miracles of St. Nicholas
Fol. 193vb. 'De inuentione sancte crucis' and (fols. 197ra) 'De exaltatione sancte crucis'
Fols. 198vb-199avb. Geoffrey Babion, Sermo 40 (ad moniales)
Fol. 199b. ⟨Passio S. Blasii⟩ (fragment)
(fol. 200 blank except title)
Date
13th century, first quarter
Language
Latin
Physical extent
200 Leaves
Custodial history
Manuscript 2639 acquired by the Bodleian Library
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Collection contents
De ordine Cisterciensi
