MS. Laud Misc. 629
Summary Catalogue no.: 1323
A: Richard of Middleton; Italy, s. xiii2; B: Peter Lombard; Germany (Eberbach?), s. xiiiin; C: Peter of Tarentaise (Innocent V); France, s. xiii2
Physical Description
Binding
Brown tanned calf over laminated pulpboard for Abp. Laud, 1637–1639.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
The present volume comprises three distinct parts, one from the Mainz Charterhouse, one or two from Eberbach abbey, put together in the late 1630s, in the course of the Laudian binding.
William Laud, 1573–1645: his ex libris, 1638, fol. 1r.
Given to the Bodleian as part of his third donation, dispatched on 28 June 1639.
MS. Laud Misc. 629 – Part A (fols. 1–12)
Contents
Physical Description
Layout
Ruling in lead point, two columns of 63 lines. Ruled space c. 234–41 × 166–71 mm.
Hand(s)
Textualis, Italy, s. xiii2; a single hand, below top line.
Marginalia and corrections, in the text hand, in contemporary and 15th-century hands, the latter from the Mainz Charterhouse.
Decoration
Fleuronnée initials. (Pächt and Alexander i. list, p. 72)
Italy, s. xiii2: (fol. 1ra) a 15-line initial in red and blue, with split body, fine fleuronnée decoration in purple or red, and elaborate borders; otherwise two- or four-line alternately blue and red initials, with fine fleuronnée decoration in either red or purple.
History
Provenance
Written in Italy, s. xiii2, to judge from script.
Mainz, Charterhouse St Michael: a 15th-century ex-libris inscription (fol. 12v).
MS. Laud Misc. 629 – Part B (fols. 13–47)
Contents
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Layout
Ruling in lead point, two columns of 50 lines. Ruled space c. 245–52 × 203–07 mm.
Hand(s)
Late protogothic script, verging on textualis, Germany (Eberbach?), s. xiiiin; a single hand, above top line.
Distinction numbers and marginalia in a hand of s. xv, in lead point; possibly identical with the hand that worked through fascicle C.
Decoration
Good initials. (Pächt and Alexander i. 125)
Mostly blank spaces for initials, not filled, in spite of guides to initials in the margins.
Red header, two red rubrics, in a hand of s. xiv.
History
Provenance
Written in Germany, s. xiiiin, to judge from script, possibly at Eberbach abbey.
The provenance of part B is uncertain; there is a possibility that it was produced at Eberbach abbey and that it formed part of its library, as did part C (see also Palmer, Zisterzienser, 297); cf. also the annotating hand in lead point (see under Hands).
MS. Laud Misc. 629 – Part C (fols. 48–162)
Contents
Physical Description
Layout
Ruling in lead point, two columns of c. 46 or 47 lines. Ruled space c. 211–20 × 151–55 mm.
Hand(s)
French textualis, s. xiii2, probably one hand only.
Decoration
France, s. xiii2: (fol. 48ra) a four-line red and blue parted initial, with fine fleuronnée decoration inside (red) and out (blue); the border runs down the written space; otherwise two- to four-line initials in blue and red, with fine fleuronnée decoration in the contraire color. Alternate paraphs red and blue.
History
Provenance
Evidence of script suggests production in France, s. xiii2.
Cistercian Abbey of Eberbach: a 13th-century ex-libris inscription (fol. 48r).
Additional Information
Record Sources
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Bibliography
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2025-04-23: Sebastian Dows-Miller. Resolved typo in calendar value.