Jerome, Epistles: fols. 1-5 are separate from the rest in writing and size, 9th century, second third and 12th century
Jerome, Epistles: fols. 1-5 are separate from the rest in writing and size:
Part A, 9th century, second third, Germany, Würzburg, St. Kilian:
- Pp. 1-8. Jerome, Epistula ad Pammachium de morte Paulinae (ep. 66)
- Pp. 10a-b. Poem on a dialogue between a magister and his discipulus
- Pp. 22b recto. Jerome, Epistula Damasi ad Hieronymum de Hosanna (ep. 19)
Part B, 9th century, second third, Germany, Würzburg, St. Kilian or Niederaltaich, Benedictine abbey:
- Pp. 11-248. Jerome, Epistulae. Selection, including Augustine, epp. 67, 68, 38, 74, 73, 28, 72, 40, 71, 75
- Pp. 245-248. Augustine, Homilia de divitibus huius mundi et de contemptu avaritie (serm. 36)
- P. 248. Isidore of Seville, Epistula ad Massonem episcopum
Part C, Würzburg, 12th century addition:
- Pp. 210b-e. Notes on dialectic, two inserted leaves between pages 210 and 211
The 'carmina' of the catalogue (2) are single hexameters. Both 1. and 2. have old shelfmark 'xiij'.
Dates
- Creation: 9th century, second third and 12th century
Extent
248 Leaves
Language of Materials
- Latin
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Misc. 252
Arrangement
Originally arranged and housed in 1641 at the Bodleian in Duke Humfrey’s Library, Selden End, compartment as ‘B 151’, see Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. II, p. 14
Other Finding Aids
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. II, no. 632
Henry O. Coxe, Catalogi codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Bodleianae pars secunda codices Latinos et Miscellaneous Laudianos complectens (Oxford, 1885, reprinted in 1973, with numerous corrections and additions, and an historical introduction by R.W. Hunt), Misc. no. 252
Custodial History
Manuscript 2425 acquired by the Bodleian Library
Physical Facet
On parchment, brown tanned calf over laminated pulpboard
Repository Details
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