Sermones Sancti Augustini ad heremitas ... [etc.]

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Title:
Sermones Sancti Augustini ad heremitas ... [etc.]
Title (alt.):
Sermones ad fratres in eremo
Title (uniform):
Sermones ad heremitas
Description:
Manuscript on paper, copied in Italy in January of 1458 [i.e., 1459?] by one Bartolomeus de Zachariis. A collection of 29 Pseudo-Augustinian sermons, to which 8 additional sermons have been added, all of which are numbered sequentially. The manuscript also contains the letter of Pseudo-Lentulus to the Roman Senate on the physical appearance of Christ. This manuscript originally comprised 72 leaves, 8 of which are now lacking. A contemporary table of contents on the front pastedown lists each sermon, including those that are no longer present.
Scribe:
Bartolomeus, de Zachariis
Auctioneer:
Bloomsbury Auctions (Firm)
Former owner:
Enluminures (Firm)
Contributor:
Pseudo-Lentulus
Date:
[1458]
Format:
Manuscripts
Books
Genre:
Wooden boards
Chained bindings
Manuscript waste
Marginalia
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Italy
Manuscripts, Medieval--Italy
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Medieval and Early Renaissance Manuscripts (Collection of Distinction)
Subjects:
Jesus Christ--Passion--Early works to 1800
Jesus Christ--Physical appearance--Early works to 1800
Catholic Church--Sermons
Sermons, Latin
Epistola de statura Christi ad Senatum Romanum
Places:
Italy
Extent:
64 leaves : paper ; 223 x 149 (approximately 170-190 x 108-115) mm, bound to 24 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/nk3255565
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
[Italy]
Language:
Latin
Table of Contents:
1. fol. 1r-2r: Pseudo-Augustinus. Sermons to the brothers in the desert. "[rubric] Incipiu[n]t [Ser]mones S[anc]ti Augustini ad heremitas [rubric] [Ser]mo [pri]mus de vita solitaria [text] Fratres mei, et leticia cordis mei, corona mea, et gaudiu[m] meu[m] q[uod] estis, pax vobis, et karitas c[um] fide sem[per] in[ter] nos adimpleatur. Quia me putastis mat[er]ie e[ss]e a[n]i[m]a[rum] v[estr]a[rum]." [Patrologia Latina (PL) 40: 1235]
2. fol. 2r-3v: "[rubric] de Pace [ser]mo secu[n]dus [text] Fratres ka[rissi]mi ho si sciretis [Chris]tus pacis e[st] quantu[m] vobis in solitudi[n[e comora[n[ti[bus] necesse sit." [PL 40: 1237]
3. fol. 3r-4v: "[rubric] De Silencio [Ser]mo te[r]tius [text] Silentiu[m] fratres carissi[mi] inte[r] cetera vobis in su[m]me in heremo nece[ssar]iu[m] est." [PL 40: 1239]
4. fol. 4v-6v: "[rubric] De prudencia [Ser]mo Qua[r]tus [text] Fratres mei carissi[mi] no[n] sollu[m] silenciu[m] tenere debetis in eremo s[ed] et[iam] prudencia[m] rapere festinare." [PL 40: 1239]
5. fol. 6v-8v: "[rubric] De mi[ser]ico[r]dia [Ser]mo v [text] Fratres an[n]u[n]cio vobis gaudiu[m] qu[oniam] Fortunatu[m] man[i]ceo[rum] dei gr[ati]a superavim[us] et obstinatus in suo sensu velut aliud filius [per]ditio[n]is a plebe n[ostr]a rece[s]sit [con]fusus." [PL 40: 1246]
6. fol. 8v-9r: "[rubric] De Obedencia [Ser]mo vi [text] Fratres mei dilectissi[mi] obedire opo[r]tet deo in o[mnibus] si salvari in heremo cupim[us]." [PL 40: 1248]
7. fol. 9v-10r: "[rubric] De [pre]serva[n]tia [Ser]mo vii[us] [text] Fratres mei si[cu]t ait Ap[osto]l[us] no[n] p[ot]e[s]t coronari n[isi] [qui] legipti[m]e certaverit." [PL 40: 1249]
8. fol. 10r-11v: "[rubric] De Ira [Ser]mo viii[us] [text] Fratres dilectissi[mi] sic[ut] om[ni]um habere memoria[m] In nul[l]o e[r]rare no[n] humanitatis S[ed] div[i]nitatis sollu[m] est." [PL 40: 1251]
9. fol. 11v-12r: "[rubric] De conscie[n]ti puritate [Ser]mo viiii[us] [text] Ad spir[itu]ale[m] gaudiu[m] hodie[r]na die fratres cariss[m]i inte[n]do vos invitare." [PL 40: 1252]
10. fol. 12r-14r: "[rubric] [Quod] debem[us] flere pecata n[ost]ra [Ser]mo x[us] [text] S[c]icote fratres carissi[mi] [quod] post mu[n]di gaudia. Secu[n]tur ae[ter]na lamenta [quia] nemo po[tes]t [...?] hic cu[m] mu[n]do et in futu[r]o gaudere." [PL 40: 1253]
11. fol. 14r-15r: "[rubric] De su[per]ba et h[u]m[i]litate [Ser]mo xi[us] [text] Fratres mei vbi su[per]bia fuerit ibi et contumelia et discordia d[omi]nabuntur." [PL 40: 1255]
12. fol. 15r-15v: "[rubric] De Fortitudine [Ser]mo xii[us] [text] Quia in hac vasta solitudi[n]e dei g[rati]a in un[um] summ[us] congregatti unanimes habitem[us] in domo et[?] sint nobis om[n]ia co[m]munia [pro]pterea in[ter] om[n]es sue ceteras fortitudine[m] opo[r]tet nos ra[per]e sequi et in imitari[?]" PL 40: 1256]
13. fol. 15v-18r: "[rubric] De Iusticia [Ser]mo xiii[us] [text] Vt bene nostris fratres karissi[mi] tria monesteria apud Ipone[m] dei gr[at]ia merui Ad honorem S[anc]te trinitatis laudabili[ter] construere" [PL 40: 1257]
14. fol. 18r-20r: "[text] Scriptu[m] est fratres kariss[im]i [quod] no[n] debem[us] loqui sublimia tan[quam] sapientes mu[n]di gloriantes." [PL 40: 1259]
15. fol. 20r-20v: "[rubric] De Obedencia Patiencia Neglige[n]cia, Castrate [Ser]mo xv[us] [text] Fratres mei dilectissi[mi] in o[mn]i[bus] o[per]i[bus] v[est]ris sem[per] meme[n]tote [quod] om[n]es stabim[us] ante tribunal [Christi] ut Refferat unus [quisque] [pro]ut gessit in [cor][por]e." [PL 40: 1262]
16. fol. 21r-22v: "[rubric] De Ociositate [Ser]mo xvi[us] [text] Ap[osto]l[u]s Petrus fratres karissi[m]i de v[est]ra salute soli[cit][us] vos dulci[ter] et ad vigilandu[m] vos ex[h]ortatur ..." [PL 40: 1262]
17. fol. 22v-24r: "[rubric] De Invidia [Ser]mo xvii[us] [text] Fratres mei dilectissi[mi] nolite In vicem invidere s[ed] studeat un[us][quis][que] deo in cu[nctis] pla[cer]e In vidia e[nim] om[n]es [vir]tutes [con]cremat." [PL 40: 1264]
18. fol. 24r-26v: "[rubric] De m[u]rm[u]ratio[n]e detractio[n]e et susuratio[n]e [Ser]mo xviii[us] [text] Demoranti[bus] nobis in heremo fratres k[arissi]mi m[u]rmurationes detractiones u[e]l susurones." [PL 40: 1277]
19. fol. 26v-27v: "[rubric] De Nativitate [Christi] [Ser]mo xviiii[us] [text] Acingim[i]ni filii Potentes. Et estote parati [pro] die crastina delebitur iniquitas ter[r]e, et regnabit su[per] nos Salvator m[u]ndi." [PL 40:1266]
20. fol. 28r-29r: "[rubric] De Nativitate et de [ver]bi[s] de Caro[?] de [Christo] [Ser]mo xx[us] [text] Fratres carissi[m]i no[n] solu[m] [per] Sapientia[m] dei factus era[n]t, [sed] et[iam] ad sapie[n]tiam dei factus era[n]t." [PL 40: 1267]
21. fol. 29r-32r: "[rubric] De pau[per]tate et triplici gene[re] monaco[rum] [Ser]mo xxi[us] [text] Ut nobis [per] literas declaravit Sanctus Pater leron[y]mus fratres carissi[mi] tria fueru[n]t in Egypto genera monaco[rum] [qu]o[rum] duo su[n]t optima s[eu] tertiu[m] est lepidu[m] et omn[i] allectu vitandu[m]." [PL 40: 1268]
22. fol. 32r-34r: "[rubric] De oratio[n]e [Ser]mo xxii[us] [text] Fratres mei et leticia cordis mei tempus est ut re[ver]tar ad eu[m] [qui] est. Et qui misit me ad vos. Vos v[er]o nolite [

] contristare nec turbetur cor v[est]r[u]m." [PL 40: 1271]
23. fol. 34r-36r: "[rubric] Fratres carissi[mi] freque[n]ter audistis [quod] ieiun[i]um est res sancta, opus celeste, Ianua Regni futuri seculi forma[e?] [quod] si [quis] iuste [per]fecerit dei socius existimabitur. Spiri[tu]alis Efficitur [per] ieiuniu[m] fratres mei ..." [PL 40: 1273]
24. fol. 36r-37v: "[rubric] Quo[d] Sancti Patres jejuno[...?] [Ser]mo xxiiii[us] [text] Scire na[m]que debetis fratres dilectissi[mi] [quod] hoc solempne ieiuniu[m] [quod] Alma ma[ter] Ec[c]l[esi]a hodier[n]a die precepit ob[ser]vari a creatio[n]e ho[m]i[ni]s in ip[s]o m[u]ndi [pri]mo[r]dio precepit deus in paradisso Ade et Eve ut a fructu arboris abtinerent" [PL 40: 1275]
25. fol. 37v-38v: "[rubric] Quod mortaliter pecat [qui] falsum iurat vel [qui] iurare facit. [Ser]ermo xxv [text] Licet fratres carissi[mi] Nudius tercius sermone[m] [vel] caritati v[estr]e [per]ficerim ... a[d]iuvat nos [Christus] filius dei vivi qui est benedictus in s[e]c[u]la s[e]c[u]lo[rum], ame[n]." [Not in Machielson, 1990]
26. fol. 39r-42v: "[rubric] De Obedientia Sace[r]dotus [Ser]mo xxvi[us] [text] In o[mn]i[bus] operi[bus] v[est]ris sace[r]dotes dei d[i]l[ec]tissi[mi] sem[per] memores estote ma[n]dato[rum] dei et o[mn]i[bus] sitis obedientes ut digni repre[mis]sio[n]e [per] eius gr[ati]am inve[n]iri possitis ..." [PL 40: 1242]
27 fol. 42v-46r: "[rubric] De Caritate et Pietate [Ser]mo xxvi[us] [text] Fratres karissi[mi] n[unquam] reco[r]dor, de karitate et pietate me legisse malla mo[r]te [per]isse qui libere in hac vita o[per]a karitatis [ve]l pietatis exercere voluit." [PL 40: 1319]
28. fol. 46r-47v: "[rubric] Quod virgo maria remansit in fide tempore passionis et capitulum de passions, xxviii [text] Legimus fratres karissimi sanctum martirem Ciprianum dixisse quod in cena domini tres mensse parate ... sed nostra suficiencia ex deo est qui est benedictus in secula." [Not in Machielsen, 1990]
29. fol. 47v-49r: "[rubric] De caritate que portat pondera, sermo xxviiii [text] Dicuntur cor[...?] fratres karissimi me Cartagim videsse recordor ... securi ergo speremus in eterno verbo quod fallere non potest." [Not in Machielsen, 1990]
30. fol. 49r-52r: "[rubric] Quod debem[us] querere [Christum] et quo[d] in eo su[n]t om[n]es [Vir]tutes et sine eo nihil possimus. [Ser]mo xxx" [text] Audistis fratres k[arissi]m[i] san[c]tissi[m]os D[omin]um dilige[n]ter quesivisse et q[ue]re[n]do deu[m] et ho[m]i[n]e[m] invenisse no[n] dubitamus e[t] sibi [pre]ciosa mumera obtulisse firmiter credim[us] e[t] [pre]dicamus." [PL 40: 1317]
31. fol. 53: "[rubric] De Obedentia [Ser]mo xxxi [text] Nichil sic deo placet que[m]admodu[m] obedie[n]tia cham[?] maledictus fuit e[t] post m[u]lta secula manet quod d[icitu]r ..." [PL 40: 1356]
32. fol. 52v-54r: "[rubric] De sancto alleluia, sermo xxxii [text] Precipitur nobis fratres karissimi quod sanctum alleluiam in ecclesia sancta cantemus frequenter ... ut in expositione salmi Laudate dominum de cellis." [not in Machielesen. 1990]
33. fol. 54r-56r: "[rubric] De [per]secutio[n]e [Christi]ano[rum] [Ser]mo xxxiii[us] [text] Freque[n]ter dixim[us] [quod] sem[per] [Christianu]m e[t] volentes pro vinere in [Christo] [per]secutione[m] patiu[n]tur." [PL 40: 1342]
34. fol. 56r-58r: "[rubric] De Neglige[n]cia [Ser]mo xxxiiii[us] [text] Sicut a nobis d[omi]n[u]s [per] subsetorum[?] officiu[m] necessitate[m] lo[que]ndi depo[n]it ... iudicaturus yhesus christus d[omi]n[u]s n[oste]r [qui] cu[m] patre et sp[irit]ui sancto vivit et regnat in s[e]c[u]la s[e]c[u]lo[rum], amen" [Caesarius of Arles, homily 6, PL vol. 67: 1056]
35. fol. 58r-59v: "[rubric] De loco pugne et no[n] pignore, [Ser]mo xxxv[us] [text] Ad locu[m] istu[m] k[arissi]mi no[n] ad securitate[m] sed ad pugna[m] ..." [Begins as Caesarius of Arles, homily 7, PL 67: 1059]
36. fol. 59v-60V: "[rubric] [Ser]mo xxxvi[us] de modo habitandi in congregatio[nem] [text] Ad hoc ita[que] fratres k[arissi]mi ad istu[m] locu[m] venim[us] ut deo vacare possim[us] ... ad munera sua venim[us] qui cu[m] e[ter]no patre vivit e[t] regnat in s[e]c[u]la s[e]c[u]lo[rum]" [Begins as Caesarius of Arles, homily 9, PL 67: 1066]
37. fol. 60v-62r: "[rubric] De vocatio[n]e v[est]ra [Ser]mo xxxvii[us] [text] Videte vocatio[n]e[m] v[estr]am fratres k[arissim]i venire [qui]dem ad heremo ... A[qui]sita salute gaudistis ip[s]o prestante [qui] est trinu[m] et un[us], ame[n]" [Begins as Caesarius of Arles, homily 10, PL 67: 1067]. "Expliciu[n]t [Ser]mones S[anc]ti Augustini ad heremitas."
38. fol. 62r: colophon. "Ego [Bar]tolameus de Zachar[i]is complevi hu[n]c libru[m] mediante gr[ati]a d[omi]ni n[ost]ri yh[es]u [Christi] die lune 2 Ianuarii 1458 ora q[uas]i 2a noctis laus deo."
39. fol. 62v: Letter of Lentulus. "[rubric] Tempori[bus] Octaviani Ce[sar]is cu[m] ex uni[ver]si mu[n]di [par]ti[bus] hii [qui] [pro] senatu popullo que Romano [pre]era[n]t [pro]vi[n]ciis sc[ri]berunt ... Publius Lentulus in Iudea [pre]ses senatui popullo que Romano epistolam missit cui[us] [ver]ba su[n]t hec [text] Aparuit te[m]pori[bus] n[ostri]s [quod] ad huc est h[om]o mag[ne] [vi]rtutis cui nome[n] est Christus yh[es]us ..." [ends imperfectly]
40. fol. 71r: "[beginning imperfectly] //de patre sine matre, de matre sine patre ... no[n] formatio[n]is s[ed] reformatio[n]is d[omin]i n[ost]ri yh[es]u christi qui cu[m] patre et sp[irit]u[i] sancto vivit et regnat in seculla secullo[rum]. Amen" [Described in table of contents as "I[te]m [sermo] de nativitate d[omi]ni"]
41. fol. 71v-72v: "[rubric] Item [Ser]mo S[anc]ti Aug[ustini] de Nativitate d[omi]ni [text] Hodie [ver]itas de ter[r]a orta est, Christus de carne nat[us] est. Gaudete solenpni[ter] ... In illo li[ber]tate[m] accipiam[us] qui [propter] nos de ter[r]a ortus est. In illo collu[m] poscideam[us] qui cu[m] patre et sp[i]r[itui] S[anc]to vivit et regn[a]t in se[cu]la s[e]c[u]lo[rum], Ame[n]."
Notes:
Ms. codex.
Origin: Copied in Italy by one Bartolomeus de Zachariis on 2 January 1458 [i.e., 1459?]: "Ego [Bar]tolameus de Zachar[i]is complevi hu[n]c libru[m] mediante gr[ati]a d[omi]ni n[ost]ri yh[es]u [Christi] die lune 2 Ianuarii 1458 ora q[uas]i 2a noctis laus deo."
Notes (ownership):
Provenance: Contemporary annotations in the hand of the scribe and others. Later passed to a Dominican convent, possibly in Verona. Inscription on fol. 72v: "Iste liber e[st] [con]ve[n]t[us] [Ver]on[ensis?] ordinis [pre]dicato[rum] dat[us] [conven]tui ab h[e]r[e]di[bus] d[omi]ni Barth[olom]ei de Zachariis. In 13o ba[n]cho a dextris 13us." Offered for sale at auction through Bloomsbury in 2018 (December 4, lot 58).
Notes (acquisition):
Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased from Les Enluminures, Chicago, in July, 2022.
Purchase; Les Enluminures, Chicago; 20220728; 2022.58.2.
Notes (date):
Date from colophon on fol. 72r; title from rubric on fol. 1r; place inferred from style of script and from provenance evidence. Catalog record based in part on dealer's description.
This date is inferred.
Notes (object):
Collation: Paper, fol. 64 ; 1-5¹² 6¹⁴⁻⁸(wanting 3-10); unsigned, foliated in contemporary brown ink, 1-72, wanting 63-70, with loss of text, these numbers used here for reference.
Layout: Single column, 30-36 lines per page, bounding lines creased into paper, written space 170-190 x 108-115 mm.
Script: Written in a mercantesca script in brown ink.
Binding: Bound in contemporary wooden boards, sheepskin spine, repaired and partially rebacked. Remains of early paper label on spine. Remains of tawed leather strap closure on upper board, nail holes on lower cover, possibly from removed chain hasp. Parchment pastedowns; at front, a contemporary table of contents, pastedown on rear comprises waste from a 14th-century document. Title on lower cover: "Sermones Sancti Augustini ad heremitas."
Notes (bibliography):
Bibliography: Machielsen, J. Clavis patristica pseudoepigraphorum, Medii Aevi, vol. 1, pars A and B, Opera homiletica, Turnhout, 1990.
Notes (language):
In Latin.
Identifier:
06_01_018591
Call #:
RARE BKS MS q Med.288
Barcode:
39999092874153