Gregorius papa, Magnus, c. 800; additions, 9th century
1. Fol. 1r-v. Additions in Carolingian minuscule:
- Fol. 1r-v. Breviarius de Hierosolyma (CPL 2327) (likely) Mainz, s. ixex
- Fol. 1r. ‘Nam sicut exaltantur celi …’, with neums (likely) Würzburg, s. ix/x
- Fol. 1v. Formulas for Prayers for the Francs and their emperors
2. Fols. 2r-65v. Gregory the Great, De cura pastorali (incomplete)
Glosses Added 9th or 10th century, probably in Würzburg; three interlinear and one marginal pen glosses and several scratch glosses in Old High German, and other glosses in Latin
3. Fol. 65v. Trilingual glossary for (nine) theological terms: (fols. 65v-66r) Added antiphon and prayers, s. ix or x
4. Fols. 66r-81r. Excarpsus Cummeani
Dates
- Creation: c. 800; additions, 9th century
Extent
81 Leaves
Language of Materials
- Latin
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Misc. 263
Arrangement
Originally arranged and housed in 1641 at the Bodleian in Duke Humfrey’s Library, Selden End, compartment as ‘E 77’, 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. 1000
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. 263
Custodial History
It bears the old shelfmark cxxxiij. From St. Kylian, Würzburg. Manuscript 2556 acquired by the Bodleian Library
Physical Facet
Brown tanned calf over laminated pulpboard
Repository Details
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