Texts on the Psalms and Canticles, on the Old Testament, etc
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Description
- Title
- Texts on the Psalms and Canticles, on the Old Testament, etc
- Published / Created
- 1432-1448.
- Publication Place
- Northern Germany (Duderstadt, Wernigerode)
- Abstract
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Manuscript on paper of texts on the Psalms and Canticles, and other texts
- Description
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In Latin.
Script: apparently four hands: A writing a bold Gothica Hybrida Libraria copied ff. 1r-186r and 201r; B writing Gothica Cursiva Currens copied ff. 189r-199va15; C writing Gothica Semihybrida Libraria/Currens copied ff. 199va16-200v; D writing Gothica Semihybrida Currens copied ff. 203r-299v; the document on f. 226v is probably in the same handwriting. Scribe D is the unrecorded Hinricus Landesberch in Wernigerode.
Red underlining, paragraph marks, heightening of majuscules and plain initials, generally 2 lines, at the head of various texts larger. Pointing hands.
The manuscript contains: 1) Honorius Augustodunensis (Honorius of Autun, c. 1090- c.1150), Expositio in psalmos CI-CL et in cantica veteris et novi testamenti. 2) Alanus de Insulis (Alain de Lille, c. 1120-1202), Glosatura super cantica veteris et novi testamenti. 3) Notes on the Book of Psalms, its subdivisions, significance, on Ps. 1 and Ps. 150, etc. 4) Extracts on the Psalms from a florilegium of the works by or attributed to St. Augustine, called Summula Florigeri sancti Augustini. 5) Treatise on the virtues and vices arranged according to the course of the sun through the signs of the Zodiac; the names of the months and of the zodiacal signs are given in Latin and in German, with examples from the Bible and legend. 6) Miracles and legends. 7) Copy of a notarial document. 8) Isidorus Hispalensis (Isidore of Seville, d. 636), Quaestiones in vetus testamentum. 9) Vision of the horrors of Hell shown to St. Paul of Thebe (Paulus Eremita, 228-341). 10) Rabbi Samuel, De adventu Messiae praeterito, translated from the Arabic by Alphonsus Bonihominis OP (d. c. 1353). 11) Two sermons on the Immaculate Conception, quoting many exempla. 12) Incomplete legend of St. Catharine of Alexandria. 13) Ps.-Augustinus Hipponensis, De essentia divinitatis: an excerpt from Eucherius Lugdunensis (Eucherius bishop of Lyons, d. c. 450), Formulae spiritalis intelligentiae, chapter 1.
Binding: original undecorated white deerskin over bevelled heavy wooden boards, sewn on three double thongs; spine with plaited headbands; in its upper compartment a paper label with a 17th-century indication of the content; in the second compartment a paper label with the number "VIII". On each cover five small brass bosses on indented square plates; marks of two leather straps attached to the rear cover, the holes of the pins visible in the front cover. At the top of the front cover a contemporary Table of Contents is written in ink in Gothica Hybrida Libraria, now badly legible; at the bottom of the same cover, in a large Gothica Hybrida Formata: "Tractatus Honorii pape" [sic]. The rear pastedown (half detached) consists of a large fragment and scraps on paper from a 15th-century Latin register of personal interdicts attached to persons with German names; the handwriting is Gothica Cursiva Currens. - Extent
- ff. i + 299 : 310 x 215 mm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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Latin
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Beinecke MS 813
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Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Commentaries
Manuscripts, Medieval Germany 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library - Material
- paper ;
- Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Geographic)
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Connecticut
New Haven. - Subject (Name)
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Alanus, de Insulis, -1202.
Catherine, of Alexandria, Saint.
Honorius, of Autun, approximately 1080-approximately 1156.
Isidore, of Seville, Saint, -636.
Paul, the Hermit, Saint, -approximately 341.
Pseudo-Augustinus.
Samuel, Marochitanus. - Subject (Topic)
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Christian hagiography
Exempla
Manuscripts, Medieval
Theology
History - Subjects
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Alanus, de Insulis, -1202
Catherine, of Alexandria, Saint
Honorius, of Autun, approximately 1080-approximately 1156
Isidore, of Seville, Saint, -636
Paul, the Hermit, Saint, -approximately 341
Pseudo-Augustinus
Samuel, Marochitanus
Bible > Commentaries
Bible. Psalms
Bible. Song of Solomon
Christian hagiography
Exempla
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Theology > History > Middle Ages, 600-1500
Germany > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
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- Access
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- Rights
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- Citation
- Texts on the Psalms and Canticles, on the Old Testament, etc. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9873211
- Object ID (OID)
- 10965978
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