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Thomas a Kempis, etc., 12th century, 16th century

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MS. Laud Misc. 167
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  1. Thomas a Kempis (attrib.), De imitatione Christi
  2. Ps.-Augustine, Manuale
  3. Pseudo-Basil the Great, Admonitio ad filium spiritualem
  4. Ps.-Valerius, De nouae uitae institutione (Ps.-Ambrose, Ep. 4; CPL 1289)
  5. David of Augsburg, Formula nouitiorum

De Imitatione Christi, etc.: four books, not five: 12th cent. liturgical fragments at beginning and end.

Dates

  • Creation: 12th century, 16th century

Extent

263 Leaves

Language of Materials

  • Latin

Shelfmark

MS. Laud Misc. 167

Arrangement

Originally arranged and housed in 1641 at the Bodleian in Duke Humfrey’s Library, Selden End, compartment as ‘D 4’, 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. 771

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. 167

Custodial History

Manuscript 2448 acquired by the Bodleian Library

Physical Facet

The fragments are in Italian writing. Impressed 16th century Italian binding, blind stamps

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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