Song of Songs, with gloss, Lamentations, with gloss — 12th century
MS. Laud Lat. 19
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Song of Songs, with gloss, Lamentations, with gloss — 12th century
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Lat. 19
Date
12th century
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Binding
Late 12th century.
Provenance
Barking, Essex, Abbey of St Mary the Virgin and St Ethelburga, of Benedictine nuns: 'Hic est liber sacratissime Dei genitricis Marie et beate Aethelburge virginis Berkingensis ecclesie, quem qui abstulerit aut super eo fraudem fecerit anathematis mucrone feriatur' (fol. 1r, s. xiii, text begins fol. 1v). 'B. iii' (inside cover, s. xiii). Along spine of contemporary vellum binding: 'b: cantica canticorum glos' : 3' (title s. xiii; pressmark added later). (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).
'Guil. Charci' (fol. 1r) James Ussher (1581–1656), archbishop of Armagh ('Jacobi [Ussher, archiep.] Armachani' (inside cover)) William Laud (1573–1645), archbishop of Canterbury, 1633 (MLGB3)
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Title
Song of Songs, with gloss and Lamentations, with gloss
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Lat. 19
Date
12th century
Language
Latin
Physical facet
Late 12th century binding
Physical extent
98 Leaves
Custodial history
Manuscript 1852 acquired by the Bodleian Library
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Collection contents
Song of Songs, with gloss and Lamentations, with gloss
