Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, and Ruth; Würzburg, c. 833–842
MS. Laud Lat. 92
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Description
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Title
Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, and Ruth; Würzburg, c. 833–842
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Lat. 92
Place of origin
German, Würzburg, St. Kylian (?)
Date
glosses 10th century (?)
c. 832–842
Language
Latin
Old High German (ca. 750-1050)
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
i (paper) + i (parchment) + 108 + i (parchment) + i (paper), foliated i-ii, 1–109; fol. 78 is double (paginated 78a-d).
Hands
German Anglo-Saxon minuscule, several hands. Marginal scribbles, fols. 4v, 5r, 21r, 70v.
Decoration
Initials (cf. Pächt and Alexander iii. 14).
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
Written at the order of Humbert, bishop of Würzburg (inscription, fol. 1v), probably at Würzburg, although Fulda has also been suggested.
Würzburg, Domstift St Kilian: 15th-century shelfmark, fol. 1r.
William Laud, 1573–1645: his ex libris, 1637, fol. 1v.
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Title
Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, and Ruth
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Lat. 92
Summary
Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, and Ruth:
Fol. 1r-44v. Deuteronomy (fol. 1r-v, capitula)
Fols. 44v-77r. Joshua (fols. 44v-45v, Jerome's prologue; fols. 45v-47r, capitula)
Fols. 77r-105r. Judges (fols. 77r-78ar, capitula)
Fols. 105r-107v. Ruth, imperfect, ends at 4.15
With 124 later Old High German glosses (105 in ink, 19 in drypoint), most likely from the tenth century, in a West Central German (Central Franconian) dialect
German glosses on ff. 52v, etc., and (11th cent.?) neums on f. 107v.
Date
c. 832-842; glosses 10th century
Language
Latin
Physical facet
Brown tanned calf over laminated pulpboard, Hiberno-Saxon coloured initials
Physical extent
107 Leaves
Custodial history
From St Kylian, Würzburg. Has old shelfmark 'xlix'. By an English scribe, who also wrote MS. Laud misc. 436. Manuscript 2557 acquired by the Bodleian Library
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Collection contents
Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, and Ruth
