Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts
MS. 15
Treatises of Nicolaus of Byard, Humbert of Romans, Pseudo-Bernard et al.
Contents:
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Summa de abstinentia
author:Nicolaus de Byard
extent:ff. 1r-156r
rubric:
Sunt hec collecta libro uulgalia multa. Ex alphabeto distincte scripta teneto. Et positum titulo quodlibet est proprio
incipit:
Duplex est abstinentia. Detestabilis ⁊ laudabilis
explicit:
Electis suis ad que nos perducere dignetur qui uiuit et regnat peri omnia secula seculorum. Amen. Explicit.
decoration:On f. 1r four line initial in red and blue. Alternating red and blue initials and paraph marks throughout the text. Running titles in red indicate the topic of the sermons in alphabetical order.
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Index to the Summa de abstinentia
extent:ff. 156v-161v
decoration:Alternating red and blue paraph marks at the beginning of each line.
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De dono timoris
author:Humbert de Romans
extent:ff. 164r-226r
rubric:
Incipit tractatus de habundancia et in sermonibus ad omnem materiam incipit prologus
incipit:
Quoniam plus exempla quam uerba mouent secundum Gregorium et facilius intellectu capiuntur
explicit:
nisi ualde timeat eos omnis homo. Explicit expliceat ludere scriptor eat. Benedictus deus pater domini nostri ihesu Christi qui cum deo patre uiuit et regnat deus per omnia saecula saeculorum Amen
decoration:Alternating red and blue 2-line initials and paraph marks throughout the text. The running title "De habundancia" is written over each column on the first page of the text.
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Liber meditationum
author:Pseudo-Bernard of Clairvaux
extent:ff. 226r-237r
incipit:
Multi multa sciunt et semetipsos nesciunt alios
explicit:
perspiciensque unum eundemque domum glorie qui vivit et regnat in saecula saeculorum amen. Expliciunt meditationes beati benardi
Date of origin:Late thirteenth to early fourteenth century.
Place of origin:France
Support:
Parchment codex.
Dimensions:170mm x 115mm (leaves), 120mm x 85mm (ruled space)
Collation:i + 1-312 414 (-1) 5-1112 1210 1312 148 15-2012 214 + i. Catchwords are visible at the ends of many gatherings, although they obviously have been trimmed from many.
Script:Text in Gothic bookhand of medium quality.
Binding:Bound in stiff vellum.
Additions:Marginal annotations in several contemporary hands throughout the text.
Provenance:
Ms. ex libris (written twice in the same hand in different inks) on f. 237v: Io fra Giovanbattista Marsu del poggiardo priore del convento di san Paulo Di brindisi nellanno 1597 et 1598 nel guardianatu di Fra Comenico de la Sarte. Ms. ex libris on f. 238r: Conto fatto co me frangello marinello de marinelli. Ms. ex libris on f. 239v: andreas apostolus praedicator.
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