Commentary on Matthew — 12th century; Germany (?)
MS. Laud Misc. 520
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Commentary on Matthew — 12th century; Germany (?)
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Misc. 520
Date
12th century
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment (sheepskin?), of uneven quality, with occasional holes and other flaws
Physical extent
i (paper) + i (parchment) + 62 + i (parchment) + i (paper)
Hands
Written in a small, cramped, often highly-abbreviated, angular script, with a somewhat cursive aspect, reminiscent of a charter hand. Some passages are in distinctly different scripts, closer to a formal bookhand, e.g. fol. 24r, near the middle of col. 2, and fol. 35r, most of col. 2.
Decoration
None
Binding
Sewn on three bands, with three(?) other earlier sewing-stations in limp undecorated parchment, with vestiges of ties at the fore-edge. The top of the spine inscribed ‘Anon: | Glossa | super | Euang: | S. Mat: | M. S.’, above printed paper labels: ‘Laud. | G. | 29.’ and ‘Laud | 520’.
Acquisition
Part of his third donation to the Bodleian, 28 June 1639. Former Bodleian shelfmarks: ‘Laud 520’ (next to ‘Laud 519’, effaced) and ‘G. 29’ (front pastedown; cf spine labels).
Provenance
Script attributed to Germany by R. W. Hunt in the revised Quarto catalogue, 1969.
A 14th-century reader added a small number of marginalia, including a few headings e.g. ‘Glossa super textum Mathei’ (fol. 1r), and ‘Ductus est Ihesus in desertum’ (fol. 10v).
Medieval provenance unknown; Hunt, in the revised Quarto catalogue, p. xxiv, suggested this was one of the volumes acquired for Archbishop Laud in Germany. It is not identifiable in the catalogues of the Mainz Carthusians or the Cistercian abbey of Eberbach.
William Laud: with the usual Laudian inscription, dated 1638 (fol. ii verso, there not being enough space in the lower margin of fol. 1r).
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Title
Geoffroy Babion, Commentary on Matthew (Stegmüller 2604, 7899)
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Misc. 520
Date
12th century
Language
Latin
Physical extent
62 Leaves
Custodial history
Manuscript 2672 acquired by the Bodleian Library
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Collection contents
Geoffroy Babion, Commentary on Matthew (Stegmüller 2604, 7899)
