De duodecim abusionibus claustri / Hugh of Fouilloy. Diadema monachorum / Smaragdus of St. Mihiel ... [etc.]

Item Information

Title:
De duodecim abusionibus claustri / Hugh of Fouilloy. Diadema monachorum / Smaragdus of St. Mihiel ... [etc.]
Description:
A compilation of various texts, including sermons, masses, and extracts from works such as Albertus Magnus' De corpore domini, Baltherus' Vita of Fridolin of Säckingen, and an unidentified legend of Charlemagne. The primary text (fol. 17r-48r) is Hugh of Fouilloy's Duodecim abusionibus claustri. Copied in a single hand on uniform paper stock, the present manuscript is bound with the 1487 Mathias Huss edition of the Legenda aurea (ISTC ij00118000; Q.403.100 no.1 FOLIO).
Contributor:
Balther
Contributor:
Isidore, of Seville, Saint, -636
Contributor:
Smaragdus, Abbot of St. Mihiel, active 809-819
Contributor:
Hugh, of Fouilloy, -1172 or 1173
Former owner:
Bullrich, Eduardo J.
Former owner:
Augustinerkloster Ramsau
Former owner:
Maggs Bros.
Date:
1490–1491
Format:
Manuscripts
Genre:
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Germany
Manuscripts, Medieval--Germany
Sermons
Gothic scripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Incunabula (Collection of Distinction)
Subjects:
Monastic and religious life--Early works to 1800
Charlemagne, Emperor, 742-814
Fridolin, Saint
Benedict, Saint, Abbot of Monte Cassino. Regula
Places:
Germany
Extent:
66 leaves : paper ; 279 x 201 (approximately 215 x 138) mm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/qb98qd26p
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
[Germany]
Language:
Latin
Table of Contents:
1. fol. 1r: seven divisions of Albertus Magnus' De corpore domini, arranged into the shape of an inverted arrow: "Causa institutiones // conside[ratio] sa[n]guinis trib[us] mode // Forma donat[i]o[n]is i[n duobus?]// Mirabilia di[vina]e o[per]a[ti]o[n]e[s] in [duobus?]// Qualitas n[ost]r[a]e [pre]parat[i]o[n]i[s] in [duobus?]// Mod[us] [co]mestio[n]is triplex // Effect[us] bonitatis triplex."
2. fol. 1v-3r: blank.
3. fol. 3v-4r: excerpt from Baltherus' life of Saint Fridolin of Säckingen. Begins with "[B]eat[us] fridolin[us] c[um] [con]strueret claust[rum] s[an]ctimo[n]iali[u]m ..."
4. fol. 4v-7v: blank.
5. fol. 8r-10r: Smaragdus of Saint-Mihiel. Diadema Monachorum. Rubric: "Decollac[i]one lect[i]one or[ati]one sequit[ur] hic mate[r]ia bo[noru[m] b[r]eui."
6. fol. 10v-11r: sermon, begins with rubric "De [ser]mo[n]e se[quitu[r] [qui] b[r]euis m[iss]a applicabit. Text: "Dum q[uae]da[m] p[ar]ua v[erb]a vit[i]o[rum] ... qui mal[a]e locut[i]o[ni]s culpas bon[a]e act[i]o[nis] velam[i]ne tegit." [PL 83:629 (1850)]
7. fol. 11r: sermon, begins with rubric "De taceturnitate sequi[tu]r b[r]evis m[iss]a." Text: "magna frena[n]da e[st] no[n] insolubilit[er] obliganda obliga[n]da scriptu[m] e[st] na[m]que sapiens taceb[i]t vs[que] ad te[m]p[us] ..."
8. fol. 11v-12v: begins with rubric: "Conu[er]sio[?] kar[o]lo manni [corrected to 'magni'] gl[or]iosi r[e]g[is]." Text: "Anno d[o]m[ini]ce i[n]carnat[i]o[n]e septuige[n]tesi[m]o q[ua]dragesimo sexto karolus magn[us] rex fra[n]co[rum] filius karoli im[per]atore ..." Colophon: "... anno domini M.cccc.lxxxx, i[n] die s[anc]te Elizabeth ..."
9. fol. 13r-13v: miscellaneous texts, some not yet identified, including biblical quotations. Begins with: "Terremot[us] magni eru[n]t per loca et pestile[nti]ae et fames luce xxi."
10. fol. 14r-14v: blank.
11. fol. 15r-16v: sermons, beginning with rubric "Seq[uitu]r [ser]mo d[e] s[anc]tis m[arty]rib[us] [?]is + poti[?] applica[bit][?] semp[er] leg[e]ndam co[rum][?]" Text: "[S]ancti perfide[m] vicerunt o[per]ati [?] iusitia[m] ad heb[reos] xi. Primo fides vivificat. Secondo mentem illuminat tercio fides hoster superat. Quarto a periculas liberat ..."
12. fol. 17r-48r: Hugh of Fouilloy. Duodecim abusionibus claustri. Rubric: "Hugo de folieto de xiiimi abusionib[us] claustri. De xijimi abusionib[us] claustri et primo de prelato negligente sequitur." [text] "Duodecim su[n]t abusiones claustri ..."
13. fol. 48v: blank.
14. fol. 49r: begins with rubric "M[iss]a pro nouo p[rae]lato." Text: "Ecce nova facio omnia ..."
15. fol. 49v-50v: blank.
16. fol. 51r-52v: text begins "[Ec]ce nova facio omnia ..."
17. fol. 53r: eight-line text, begins with rubric "Ad reforma[n]du[m] monaste[r]ia collapsa et ad con[ser]vandu[m] reformata necessariu[m] est." Text: "[I]nduite nouu[m] homi[n]e[m] ... fratru[m] collapsu[m] [?] ad [con][ser]ua[n]d[um]"
18. fol. 53v-54r: blank.
19. fol. 54v-55v: begins with rubric "m[iss]a[?] P[rae]latus] habe[n]t ..." Text: "Item q[ui] boni et digni p[ro] p[rae]lat[ibus] pona[n]t[u]r ..."
20. fol. 56r-58r: begins "Non est qui console[tur] eam."
21. fol. 58v-65v: blank.
Notes:
Title devised by cataloger.
Ms. codex.
Origin: Copied in Germany ca. 1490 to 1491. Localization based on inscriptions on the title page to the printed portion of the volume, which are written in both German and Latin. Date based on colophons to two of the manuscript texts. The Charlemagne legend has a dated colophon on 12v ("Anno domini M.cccc.lxxxx, in die sancte Elizabeth ...") and Duodecim abusionibus claustri has a dated colophon on 48r ("... anno 1491 tem[por]e hyemali ...")
Balther. Vita Beatus Fridolinus. Selections
Isidore, of Seville, Saint, -636. Sententiae. Selections
Smaragdus, Abbot of St. Mihiel, active 809-819. Diadema monachorum. Selections
Hugh, of Fouilloy, -1172 or 1173. De duodecim abusionibus claustri
Notes (ownership):
Provenance: Leather bookplate of Eduardo J. Bullrich. Pencil dealer's notes, codes, etc. According to BPL Quarterly (April 1955, p. 88), this volume formerly belonged to the monastery of Ramsau, in Bavaria.
Notes (acquisition):
Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased from Maggs in March, 1954.
Notes (object):
Secundo folio: [2r-3r blank]. Opening 3v: "[B]eat[us] fridolin[us] c[um] [con]strueret claust[rum] ..."
Collation: Paper, with watermark similar to Briquet 11794 or 11796 (trimount with a cross, 94 mm high) ; fol. 66 ; 1⁸(-2) 2¹⁰(-10) 3¹² 4¹⁶ 5¹⁰ 6⁸(-8) 7² 8² i (pastedown) ; modern arabic foliation in pencil in lower outer margins of each leaf added after digitization. Those numbers used here for reference.
Layout: Single column, as many as 45 lines, bounding lines in red ink enclose writing space of 215 x 138 mm, unruled.
Script: Written in a single gothic cursive (cursiva currens). The printed portion of the volume is profusely annotated in the same hand.
Decoration: Rubricated in red; initials on 45r and 47v in green.
Binding: Bound into a volume after the 1487 Mathias Huss edition of the Legenda aurea (ISTC ij00118000). Contemporary South German blind tooled pigskin over wooden boards. Tooling matches that of Einbanddatenbank (EBDB) workshop w003742. On the upper cover, a central panel under a single floral roll, with ogival diapering of leafy stems, the interstices each with a large vegetal fleuron, an eagle stamp in each lower corner and a rhombic fleuron stamp in the middle. In the upper-right of the outermost border, a man-in-the-moon; in the upper-left, the sun; stag stamps in the lower corners, the rest filled with "Maria" banderoles. The middle border surrounds the central panel on three sides with round "Agnus Dei" tools. The lower cover with a similar design. Paper label on upper cover. Spine repaired, with manuscript labels faded. Hole from a bookchain staple on lower cover. Brass catch plates on upper cover; clasp anchors remain, with clasps lost.
Notes (language):
In Latin.
Identifier:
06_01_016851b
Call #:
RARE BKS Q.403.100 no.2 FOLIO
Barcode:
30000007444752