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Title

Song of Songs — 12th century, first half and 12th century; English

Shelfmark

MS. Laud Lat. 86

Date

12th century, first half and 12th century

Language

Latin

MS. Laud Lat. 86, fols. 1-26 (Part A) A twelfth-century copy of the Song of Songs, with later additions of theological and pastoral texts

1 . (fols. 1r-10r) Song of Songs

2. (fols. 10r-15r) Anselm Meditatio I

3. (fols. 15r-16r) Martin of Braga Formula uitae honestae

4. (fols. 16v) Text on Ps. 83,5

5. (fols. 16v-25v) Pseudo-Melito of Sardis Transitus Mariae

6. (fol. 25v) Text on the Virgin Mary

MS. Laud Lat. 86, fols. 27-57 (Part B) Poetic collection

7. (fols. 27r-44v) Marbode, Bishop of Rennes Liber lapidum

8. (fols. 45r) Computistical verses

9. (fols. 45r) Verses on the canonical hours

10. (fols. 45r) Verses on the three marriages of St Anne

11. (fols. 45v-46v) Treatise on the figures of speech and tropes

12. (fols. 47r) De malicia saeculi siue De peccato originali

13. (fol. 47v-50r) De excidio Troiae versus

14. (fols. 50v-54v) Bernard Silvestris Cosmographia

14.1. (fol. 50v-51r) Cosmographia

14.2. (fol. 51r-v) Bernard Silvestris Cosmographia

14.3. (fol. 51v-52r) Bernard Silvestris Cosmographia

14.4. (fol. 52r) Bernard Silvestris Cosmographia

14.5. (fols. 52r-53v) Bernard Silvestris Cosmographia

14.6. (fols. 53v-54v) Bernard Silvestris Cosmographia

15. (fol. 54v) Riddle

16. (fol. 54v) Riddle

17. (fols. 55v-57v) Bernard Silvestris Cosmographia

17.1. (fols. 55v-56v) Cosmographia

17.2. (fol. 55v) Bernard Silvestris Cosmographia

17.3. (fols. 56v-57v) Bernard Silvestris Cosmographia

MS. Laud Lat. 86, fols. 58-69 (Part C) Martin of Braga's Formula uitae honestae

18. (fols. 58r-66v) Martin of Braga Formula uitae honestae (extract)

MS. Laud Lat. 86, fols. 70-83 (Part D) An aid to confession in Anglo-Norman and a commentary on patristic texts in Latin (now incomplete)

19. (fol. 70r-v) Interrogatory for examining conscience, in prose

20. (fols. 71r-83v) Florilegium: extracts from patristic texts and commentary

MS. Laud Lat. 86, fols. 84-93 (Part E) A sequence of prayers

21. (fols. 85r-89r) Prayer

22. (fols. 89r-90r) Prayer

23. (fol. 90r-v) Prayer

24. (fols. 90v-91r) Prayer

25. (fol. 91r-v) Prayer

26. (fols. 91v-92r) Prayer

27. (fol. 92r) Prayer

28. (fol. 92r-v) Prayer

MS. Laud Lat. 86, fols. 94-109 (Part F) Poetic collection

29. (fol. 94r) Incipit: Occumbunt fixi iaculo, mucrone, sagitta

30. (fol. 94r) Epigram

31. (fol. 94v) Rufus and Corinna (poem)

32. (fol. 94v) Incipit: An doleam flens propter eam uir lumine casse

33. (fol. 94v) Collection of proverbs

Incipit: Est hodie locus inuidie uirtutis egestas

Incipit: Queritur omnibus a sapientibus artis honestas

Incipit: Ille nocet qui uera docet, uelud insidiator

Incipit: Perniciosior et capitalior est inimicus

Incipit: Prudens prudenti, stultus placet insipienti

Incipit: Perfidus et nequam rem iustam dampnat et equam

34. (fols. 94v-95r) Incipit: Quam prauus mos est pueros preferre puellis

35. (fols. 95v-96r) Planctus Oedipodis

36. (fol. 96r-v) Anti-feminist poem

37. (fols. 97r-108v) Hildebert of Lavardin De mysterio missae

38. (fols. 108v-109r) De ordine missae

39. (fol. 109r) On the symbolism of mass

40. (fol. 109v) Epitaph of William Clito (d. 1128)

41. (fol. 109v) Epitaph of pope Urban II

MS. Laud Lat. 86, fols. 110-116 (Part G) Poetic collection

42. (fol. 110r) Hildebert of Lavardin De plagis Egipti (Carmina minora, no. 34)

43. (fol. 110r) Hildebert of Lavardin Cur bono male vel malo bene (Carmina minora, no. 3)

44. (fol. 110r) Hildebert of Lavardin Ad Petrum (Carmina minora, no. 2)

45. (fols. 110r-111r) Hildebert of Lavardin De Roma (Carmina minora, no. 36)

46. (fol. 111r) Hildebert of Lavardin De ermafrodito (Carmina minora, no. 23)

47. (fol. 111r) Epitaph of Abelard

48. (fol. 111r-v) Hildebert of Lavardin Ad Hugonem (Carmina minora, no. 8)

49. (fol. 111v) Hildebert of Lavardin (?) (attrib.) Incipit: Obscuros uersus facis hugo parumque latinos

50. (fol. 111v) Hildebert of Lavardin Ad S. nepotem (Carmina minora, no. 33)

51. (fol. 111v) Hildebert of Lavardin De M⟨ilone⟩ mercatore (Carmina minora, no. 7)

52. (fol. 111v) Hildebert of Lavardin Ad Milonem (Carmina minora, no. 9)

53. (fol. 111v) Hildebert of Lavardin Unde malum (Carmina minora, no. 5)

54. (fols. 112r-113v) Hildebert of Lavardin De casu huius mundi (Carmina minora, no. 22)

55. (fol. 113v) Rubric: Uersus iulii cesaris

56. (fols. 113v-114r) Epitaph of Soranus

57. (fol. 114r) Incipit: Hec duo carta salus mihi nobis missa fuerunt

58. (fol. 114r-v) Hildebert of Lavardin De quodam servo (Carmina minora, no. 24)

59. (fol. 114v) Incipit: Paruus erat limes quo presbiter ire solebat

60. (fol. 114v) Hildebert of Lavardin Quid sit vita pudica (Carmina minora, no. 47)

61. (fols. 114v-116r) Hildebert of Lavardin De tribus vitiis: mulieri amore, avaritia, ambitione (Carmina minora, no. 50)

62. (fol. 116r) Ps.-Ausonius Septem sapientum sententiae

63. (fol. 116r) Rubric: De cherule

64. (fol. 116r) Rubric: De neuolo

65. (fol. 116r-v) Martial Epigrams, I, 97

66. (fol. 116v) Epigram

MS. Laud Lat. 86, fols. 117-123 (Part H) Poetic collection

67. (fol. 119r) Incipit: Patrue pene pater, pater esto mihi sine pene

68. (fols. 119r-122r) Serlo of Bayeux Defensio pro filiis presbyterorum

69. (fol. 122r-v) Incipit: Hunc numerare diem possim meliore lapillo

70. (fol. 122v) Incipit: Ad doctoris

MS. Laud Lat. 86, fols. 124-133 (Part I) Poetic collection

71. (fols. 124r-128r) Petrus Riga (attrib.) Incipit: Hactenus arrisit susanne gratia fame

72. (fol. 130r) Poem on England

73. (fol. 130r) Hugo Primas (attrib.) Incipit: In cratere meo thetis est sociata lyeo

74. (fols. 130v-132v) A collection of proverbs extracted from the Ysengrimus

75. (fol. 132v) Poem to Saint Anselm? (Quarto Catalogue)

76. (fol. 132v) Incipit: Suspice me miserum

77. (fols. 132v-133r) Incipit: Rex regal(is) honor laus rerum gloria regum

78. (fol. 133r) Robert Partes Poem on Thomas Becket (extract: verses on London)

79. (fol. 133r) Obituary for Queen Matilda, first wife of King Henry I

80. (fol. 133r-v) Poem in honour of King Henry I's victory at Brémule in 1119

81. (fol. 133v) Poem in honour of Queen Adeliza, second wife of King Henry I

82. (fol. 133v) Epitaph of Robert Bloet, bishop of Lincoln

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Decoration

DecorationInitial (fols. 1–10). (Pächt and Alexander iii. 125)

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Title

Song of Songs

Shelfmark

MS. Laud Lat. 86

Summary

Song of Songs bound up with theological, scientific, rhethorical, poetical and historical texts written at various dates, 12th century, including Anselm, Marbod of Rennes, Bernard Silvestris, Martin of Braga, Hildebert of Lavardin.

Date

12th century, first half and 12th century

Language

Latin

Physical facet

Bound in limp vellum

Physical extent

133 Leaves

Custodial history

Manuscript 1814 acquired by the Bodleian Library

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Song of Songs — 12th century, first half and 12th century; English

MS. Laud Lat. 86

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