Wisdom Books; Germany, 12th century, first half
MS. Laud Lat. 99
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Wisdom Books; Germany, 12th century, first half
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Lat. 99
Place of origin
German
Date
12th century, first half
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
i + 137 + i leaves
Hands
Protogothic. Added flex (‘Cistercian’) punctuation.
Decoration
Fine initials. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 1299, pl. CXVIII)
Large zoomorphic and foliate painted initials, fols. 1v, 34r, 52v; medium foliate initial, fol. 45v.
Space for some initials not filled in.
Small red ink initials with very modest decoration (added?), rubrics in red.
Binding
Brown tanned calf over laminated pulpboard for Abp. Laud, 1637–1639; rebacked.
Acquisition
Part of his third donation to the Bodleian, 1639.
Provenance
Eberbach, Cistercian abbey (?): possibly identifiable with a7 in the library catalogue of 1502 (Palmer p. 261: 'Libri salominis initium Chromatio et heliodoro', without this identification).
William Laud, 1573–1645, 1638.
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Title
Wisdom Books
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Lat. 99
Summary
1. Fols. 1v-33r. Proverbs:
Fols. 1v-2r. Prologue to Proverbs(Stegmüller 457)
Fols. 2r-3r. Rubric: Incipiunt capitula in librum Prouerbiorum
Fols. 3v-33r. Rubric: Incipit liber Proverbiorum quem Hebrei Masloth appellant
2. Fols. 33v-45v. Ecclesiastes:
Fol. 33v. Rubric: Incipiunt capitula libri Ecclesiastes
Fols. 34r-45v. Rubric: Verba Ecclesiastes, filii Davit, regis Iherusalem
3. Fols. 45v-51v. Song of Songs
4. Fols. 51v-74v. Wisdom:
Fols. 51v-52r. Rubric: Incipiunt capitula libri Sapientie
Fols. 52r-74v. Rubric: Incipit liber Sapientie
5. Fols. 74v-137r. Ecclesiasticus:
Fols. 74v-75r. Prologue to Ecclesiasticus
Fols. 75v-76v. Capitula
Fols. 76v-137v. Rubric: Incipit liber Ecclesiasticus
Date
12th century, first half
Language
Latin
Physical extent
137 Leaves
Custodial history
Manuscript 2688 acquired by the Bodleian Library
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