Prosper, of Aquitaine, Saint, approximately 390-approximately 463
Published / Created:
[between 1400 and 1425]
Call Number:
Beinecke MS 15
Image Count:
230
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript on parchment of Prosper Aquitanus, Epigrammata ex sententiis Sancti Augustini. With Johannes Shepey, Sermones
Description:
In Latin., Script: Written in various styles of Anglicana, with some portions in gothic bookhand, by four scribes. Scribe 1) ff. 1r-10r; Scribe 2) ff. 10v-30r; Scribe 3) ff. 31r-107v; Scribe 4) f. 75r to the top of 76r (perhaps to supply text missing from the exemplar)., Blue initials with elaborate red, blue, and black penwork borders that almost totally encompass the written space on ff. 1r and 31r (trimmed along upper and outer edges); similar initials in blue with red penwork designs extending entire length of folio introduce each new section of text., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Brown sheepskin, blind- and gold-tooled. Rebacked.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430. and Prosper, of Aquitaine, Saint, approximately 390-approximately 463.
Subject (Topic):
Epigrams, Latin, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, Scholia, Sermons, and Theology, Doctrinal
Manuscript on parchment (fragments) of Eugippius (c. 500), Excerpta ex operibus sancti Augustini
Description:
In Latin., Script: copied by one hand in early Carolingian handwriting of the type described by B. Bischoff as "Arn minuscule"., and Binding: twentieth century quarter binding, parchment and purplish decorated paper over pasteboard.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430. and Eugippius.
Subject (Topic):
Fathers of the church, Manuscripts, Medieval, Theology, and History
De vita Christiana and Famosus beati Augustini libellus De vita Xpīana intitulatus
Description:
Binding: Bound in blind-tooled pigskin; two leaves of medieval liturgical ms. (with numes) waste used in binding; vellum quire guards; red-stained pigskin index tabs; housed in modern slipcase by BookEnds. Shelfmark: 388.389., Capital spaces., Capitals supplied in red; rubricated throughout. Scattered ms. notes in contemporary hand., Colophon: "Hic beati Augustini libellus parentilis et famosus in ciuitate Spirensi est impressus.", Formerly attributed to Augustine of Hippo; probably by his contemporary Pelagius., In some copies, p. [4] is blank (state A)., In this copy, p. [4] is printed., Name of printer and date of publication from bibliographies., No. 2 of 2 works bound together., Provenance: Ownership inscription on front free endpaper of Frater Eriffinus Heyslein(?) dated 1579. Book label at foot of p. [1]: Bibliothecae F.F. Min. S. Franc. Conventualium Mariae Mayngae. Previously sold by Laurence Witten Rare Books (14 April 1956)., Signatures: [a ⁸b⁶] (b6v blank)., and Title from incipit on p. [1].
Publisher:
[Printer of Postilla Scholastica super Apocalypsin,
Subject (Name):
Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430., BookEnds (Firm), binder. CtY-BR, Franciscans Bookplate., Heyslein, Eriffinus--Autograph., and Pelagius.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a homiliary containing among others: Paul the Deacon's Homiliary, Homily I.41; Pseudo-Augustine, Sermon 121; Pseudo-Augustine, Sermon 177; Pseudo-Augustine, Sermon 128; Augustine, In evangelium Iohannis tractatus; Jerome, Commentariorum in Mattheum
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in Caroline minuscule., and Decoration: 1-, 3-, and 4-line homily initials and lesson initials are in red square capitals; 1-line initials are in brown rustic capitals; rubrics written in red minuscule; first word of sermon on 3r written in brown rustic capitals highlighted with red; punctuated with punctus, with rare use of punctus elevatus; punctus interrogativus also used; accents and hyphenations in same ink as the text.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Jerome, Saint, -419 or 420., Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430., Pseudo-Augustine., Paul, the Deacon, approximately 720-799?., and Catholic Church
Manuscript fragment on parchment of St. Augustine, In Iohannis Evangelium (Tractus cxxiv), wherein the numbers given to the tractates are one less than those given in the edition (which is perhaps the result of scribal error or perhaps reflective of alternative content within this manuscript).
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in Caroline minuscule; annotations added by modern hands., and Decoration: 4-line initial "I," in orange with foliate ornamentation, beginning Tractus 36; 2-line initial "A" in a similar style; 1-line initials in brown uncials; rubrics in orange rustic capitals; punctuation consisting of the punctus, punctus elevatus, punctus versus, punctus interrogativus, and the punctus flexus.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of Augustine's In Iohannis evangelium tractatus
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in late Caroline script, similar to that written at Schaffhausen in manuscripts dated around 1100., and Decoration: inelegant 9-line initial "D" on the verso in rough gold with silver bands, outlined in red and with red in the center; the initial is on an orange, green, and blue ground. In the middle of the initial there is an eagle in gold and silver, with red dots, which holds a vine with flowers in his beak; 1-line initials in brown rustic capitals; scribal guidewords preserved in margin; heading written in red minuscule; punctuated with the punctus, punctus elevatus, and punctus interrogativus.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of Augustine's In Iohannis evangelium tractatus
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in Caroline minuscule., and Decoration: 1-line initials are in brown uncials; punctuated with the punctus, punctus elevatus, and punctus interrogativus; hyphenation by the first hand.
Manuscript on paper of 1) Latin treatise on the Passion, attributed to Johannes Weitmann (d. 1509), although the style of the present work significantly differs from that of Weitmann's known devotional work, Meditationes vitae, passionis mortisque Iesu Christi; 2) Pseudo-Augustine, De diligendo Deo; 3) Treatise on the love of God
Description:
Script: Copied by two hands, both writing Gothica Cursiva Currens: A) copied ff. 2r-16v21 and ff. 97r-112r; and B) copied ff. 16v21-90v., Decoration: Art. 1 has red paragraph marks, underlining and stroking of majuscules; this decoration is missing ff. 35v-90v. On f. 1r the 3-line opening initial is clumsily executed in black ink. In art. 2 red paragraph marks, underlining and stroking of majuscules, but also red headings and plain 3-line initials in the same colour, often of fancy execution; art. 3 has the same lower decoration, but neither headings nor 3-lin initials. Artt. 2 and 3 open with complicated large red initials in a style recalling cadels but essentially fanciful., Binding: Original pigskin over bevelled wooden boards, sewn on three cords. Both covers blind-tooled with fillets, a frame, and vertical rows of stamps: a fleur-de-lys in a diamond, a rosette, an f-shaped twig with two leaves, and a floweret. Remnants of one brass clasp, attached to the rear cover, clutching a brass catch on the front cover. Both metal pieces are engraved., and In Latin.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430. and Weitmann, Johannes.
Subject (Topic):
Devotional literature, Latin (Medieval and modern) and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a noted breviary containing the Office of the Dead with lessons from Augustine, Sermon 173
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in two sizes of Caroline minuscule, with a smaller script for the chants and a larger one for the lessons; by the same scribe who copied the psalter preserved in Beinecke MS 481.46., and Decoration: 3-line initial on f. 1v in orange that has been filled with crude, brown cross-hatching, perhaps later; 2-line initials at the beginning of lessons are in orange square capitals; 1-line initials are in brown rustic capitals; rubrics written in orange minuscules with rustic capitals; punctuated with punctus in chants and punctus and punctus elevatus within lessons; chants have interlinear neumes in the St. Gall style; marginal notation in a contemporary hand on 3r.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430. and Catholic Church
Manuscript on parchment of Offices of Saints Martha and Monica, each with 9 Lessons and the Homily by Haymo Halberstadiensis; Hymns; Antiphons
Description:
In Latin., Script: copied by one hand in large but somewhat uneven Southern Gothica Textualis Formata (Rotunda) under Humanistic influence (uncial and half-uncial d). The orthography is very defective., Headings in red; alternately red and blue versals in the text; 2-line plain initials alternately red and blue; 2-line flourished initials in liquid gold with red penwork on ff. 2r, 16v and 19r. A 7-line initial of the same type and in the same colours at the beginning of the text., and Binding: 17th century (?), Italian. The quires are sewn without cords directly into the pasteboard cover, which itself is covered with blind-tooled goatskin. Marks of two pairs of ties.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430., Martha, Saint., Monica, Saint, d. 387., Augustinians., and Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Liturgy, Antiphons (Music)., Hymns, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
