South English Legendary, King Horn, Havelok, etc., 13th century, late, or 14th century, early, with 14th century additions
1. Fols. 1-200. South English Legendary:
- Fols. 1r-10v. The Ministry and Passion of Christ
- Fols. 11ra-22rb. The Apocryphal History of the Infancy
- Fols. 23r-29v. Sancta crux
- Fols. 29v-30b. St Dunstan
- Fols. 30b-31v. St Augustine of Canterbury
- Fols. 31v-32v. St Barnabas
- Fols. 32v-34r. St John the Baptist
- Fols. 34r-38r. St James the Great
- Fols. 38v. St Oswald the King
- Fols. 39r-41v. St Edward the Elder
- Fols. 41v-46v. St Francis
- Fols. 46v-47v. St Alban
- Fols. 48r-50v. St Wulfstan
- Fols. 50v-52r. St Matthew
- Fols. 52r-v. St Leger
- Fols. 52v-54r. St Faith
- Fols. 54r-55v. The Eleven Thousand Virgins
- Fols. 56r-59r. St Katherine of Alexandria
- Fols. 59r-60v. St Lucy
- Fols. 61r-87v. St Thomas of Canterbury
- Fols. 87v-88r. Translation of St Thomas of Canterbury
- Fols. 88r-v. Prologue to the South English Legendary
- Fols. 88v-89v. SS Fabian and Sebastian
- Fols. 89v-91r. St Agnes
- Fols. 91r-93r. St Vincent
- Fol. 93r-v. St Paul
- Fols. 93v-94v. St Bridget of Ireland (shorter version.
- Fols. 94v-96r. St Agatha
- Fol. 96r-v. St Scholastica
- Fols. 96v-104r. St Patrick, with his Purgatory
- Fols. 104r-110r. St Brendan
- Fols. 111r-116r. St Nicholas
- Fols. 115v-116r. St Julian the Confessor
- Fols. 116r-117v. St Julian the Hospitaller
- Fols. 117v-121v. St Mary of Egypt
- Fols. 121v-124r. St Christopher
- Fols. 124r-127r. St Dominic
- Fols. 128r-130r. Theophilus
- Fols. 130r-131r. St George
- Fols. 131r-132r. St Edmund the King
- Fols. 132r-141r. St Michael
- Fols. 141r-147r. St Clement
- Fols. 147r-149r. St Lawrence
- Fols. 149r-153r. St Kenelm
- Fols. 153r-154v. St Gregory
- Fols. 154v-155v. St Cuthbert
- Fols. 155v-156r. St Mark
- Fols. 156r-157r. SS Philip and James
- Fols. 157v-160v. St Bartholomew
- Fols. 161r-165v. St Thomas the Apostle
- Fols. 165v-166r. St Matthias
- Fols. 166r-167r. St Sylvester
- Fols. 167r-169r. St Eustace
- Fol. 169v-174r. St John the Evangelist
- Fols. 174r-175r. All Saints' Day
- Fols. 175r-179v. All Souls' Day
- Fols. 179v-185r. St Edmund of Canterbury
- Fols. 185r-188r. St Martin
- Fols. 188r-190r. St Leonard
- Fols. 190r-197r. St Mary Magdalene
- Fols. 197r-198r. St Hippolytus
2. Fols. 198ra-199rb. The Sayings of St Bernard
3. Fols. 199rb-200vb. The Vision of St Paul
4. Fols. 200v-203v. Dispute between the Body and the Soul
5. Fols. 204ra-219va. Havelok the Dane
6. Fols. 219va-228rb. King Horn
7. Fols. 228v-230r. St Blaise, from the South English Legendary
8. Fol. 230v-233v. St Cecilia, from the South English Legendary
9. Fols. 233v-237ra. Life of S. Alexis
10. Fols. 237ra-v. Somer soneday
Dates
- Creation: 13th century, late, or 14th century, early, with 14th century additions
Extent
238 Leaves
Language of Materials
- Latin
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Misc. 108
Arrangement
Originally arranged and housed in 1641 at the Bodleian in Duke Humfrey’s Library, Selden End, compartment as ‘K 60’, 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. 1486
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. 108
Custodial History
Manuscript 2060 acquired by the Bodleian Library
Physical Facet
19th century rebind: sprinkled calf blind tooled
Repository Details
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