Acta Apostolorum, Graeco-Lat., Late 6th or early 7th century
1. Fols. 1ra-226rb. Acts of the Apostles ('The Laudian Acts')
2. Fols. 226v-227v. Added texts:
- Fol. 226v. Apostle's Creed, added in Continental uncial script, s. viii. Marginal scribbles in Carolingian minuscule
- Fol. 226v. Note on the oracle of Delphi, added in cursive majuscule, s. vii
- Fol. 227r. Invocations to the Virgin Mary, added in cursive majuscule and minuscule, s. vii
- fol. 227v. Edict of Flavios Pankratios (fl. 638 × 668), dux Sardiniae, added in cursive majuscule, s. vii
Dates
- Creation: Late 6th or early 7th century
Extent
227 Leaves
Language of Materials
- Latin
- Greek, Modern (1453-)
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Gr. 35
Arrangement
Originally arranged and housed in 1641 at the Bodleian in Duke Humfrey’s Library, Selden End, compartment as ‘F 82’, 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. 1119
For a full description in Latin see, Catalogi codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Bodleianae pars prima recensionem codicum Graecorum continens (Oxford, 1853, reprinted with corrections by H. O. Coxe, Oxford, 1969), Laud. no. 35
Custodial History
There is no evidence that it belonged to Bede, but apparently he did use it. It may have been brought to England in 669 by Theodore of Tarsus, the Gk. abp. of Canterbury. In that case it left England before very long, as it contains continental writing of later date than Bede. On fol. 226v Prof. Lake has pointed out some part of a sentence written with a stilus in Latin majuscules: they might very well be written at Canterbury in the late 7th century. Manuscript 2407 acquired by the Bodleian Library
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