MS. Laud Lat. 100
Summary Catalogue no.: 1008
Jeremiah, Samuel and Kings; Germany (Würzburg?), s. xii/2
Contents
This description is abbreviated from Daniela Mairhofer, Medieval Manuscripts from Würzburg in the Bodleian Library, Oxford: A Descriptive Catalogue (Oxford, 2014), pp. 248–53. For purposes of scholarly citation, reference to the printed catalogue is requested.
Physical Description
Binding
Brown tanned calf over laminated pulpboard for Abp. Laud, 1637–1639.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
MSS. Laud Lat. 100, 101, 103, 266 are all plain text books of the Bible marked up for reading aloud.
Kollegiatstift Neumünster, Würzburg: 15th-cent. ex-libris, fol. 1r
William Laud, 1573–1645: his ex libris, 1637, fol. 1r.
Given to the Bodleian as part of his third donation, dispatched on 28 June 1639.
MS. Laud Lat. 100 – Part A (fols. 1–38)
Contents
Jerome's prologue, fol. 1r-v.
Imperfect, breaks off at 23.10.
Fol. 38v blank.
Physical Description
Layout
Ruled in lead point. One column of c. 20–24 lines, ruled space c. 204–26 × 126–36 mm.
Hand(s)
Protogothic script, several hands.
Decoration
Coloured initials.
Fleuronnée decoration added, 14th century.
Rubrics in red.
History
MS. Laud Lat. 100 – Part B (fols. 39–228)
Contents
Jerome's prologue
Capitula
I Samuel (I Kings)
II Samuel (II Kings)
I Kings (III Kings)
II Kings (IV Kings)
Imperfect, breaks off at 16.20
Physical Description
Layout
Ruled in lead and hard point. One column of c. 21–22 lines, ruled space c. 190–205 × 140–48 mm.
Hand(s)
Protogothic script, several hands.
Decoration
Coloured initials.
Other initials and fleuronnée decoration added, 14th century.
Rubrics in red.
History
Additional Information
Record Sources
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (full digital facsimile)
Bibliography
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2018-10-22: Fuller summary of Mairhofer's catalogue created for Polonsky German manuscripts project.