Manuscript, in the hand of Theodoricus de Harlem, on paper and parchment, containing a collection of works by Jean Gerson: De spirituali mendicitate, De viciis ministrorum ecclesie, Sermo de tribulationibus ecclesie, De pollutione diurnis, Expositio clausule dominice, Oratio anxii peccatoris, Considerationes XII, De monte contemplationis (originally written in French), and Alphabetum divini amoris (written by Johannes Nider, commonly attribued to Jean Gerson).
Alternative Title:
Nine tracts
Description:
In Latin., Title devised by cataloger., Script: gothic textualis., Decoration: three-line initials in red ink. Rubrication., Layout: single column of 32 lines., Binding: 15th-century brown leather over wooden boards; rebacked in 1986 by J. Macdonald., Manuscript note on front pastedown: Liber domus sancte Barbare in Colonia ordinis Carthusiensis in quo continentur subscripta ..., and Colophon (f. 48): Scriptum per manus fratris Theoderici de Harlem monachi domus sancte Barbare in Colonia carthusiensis ordinis. Anno domini 1456. Anno etatis sue 65.
Manuscript on parchment (irregularly trimmed pieces) of Jean Gerson, De potestate ecclesiastica
Description:
In Latin., Script: Written by a single scribe in fere-humanistic script, below top line., Crude initial, red with an asymmetrical configuration of red and black penwork designs. Floral line-filler at conclusion of prologue. Plain red initials, 3- to 2-line, mark text divisions. Heading, f. 1r, in red. Majuscules stroked with yellow. Contemporary sketches of intertwining snakes on ff. i recto and ii verso., and Binding: Fifteenth century, Spain (?). Sewn on three tawed skin support, two pink, the central one green, laced into a thick parchment wrapper. Contemporary title written in ink on back cover: "Tractatus de potestate eclesiastica***". Rodent damage at tail.
