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Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 526: Spiritual and Devotional Tracts

Description

Alternative title
[Untitled]
Type of resource
mixed material
Extent
ff. 348 + 1
Date created
[ca. 1400-1431]
Language
Latin, German
Material
Paper
Layout
double columns of 40 lines
Height (mm)
294
Width (mm)
215
Collation
1(12) (1, 2 mut.)-11(12) 12(14) (blank) | 13(14) (wants 1) 14(12)-18(12) | 19(12)-23(12) (wants 12) | 24(12)-26(12) (wants 7, 11, 12 blank) 27 (twenty-five) 28(12), 1 flyleaf.
Writing
clearly written in more than one hand
Foliation
Too fragile to be foliated in its entirety. Partially imaged: front cover exterior + ff. 1-211v + back cover exterior - problem of tight binding and curvature into gutter resulted in some lack of sharp focus for a few leaves; ff. 250v, 251r supplied from digitised old colour slides
Additions
Binding fragmentary.
The leaves at the end are much damaged.
In the fragment of the last cover are some notes in German (xv) in which is mention of the kochemeister.

Abstract/Contents

Summary
This book is in an extremely fragile condition and it has not been possible for it to be imaged completely, save for the front and back cover exteriors, and ff. 1-211v, 250v, 251r. The binding is very tight in parts of the book and for some pages there has been some loss of focus in the deep gutter. CCCC MS 526 is part of the Elbing Collection brought back from the abandoned Brigittine monastery at what is now Eblag in Poland by Richard Pernham in the early 1620s and donated to Corpus Christi either by himself or by his wife Mary, whose name is inscribed in many books of the collection. This volume is closely dated by the presence of a scribal colophon recording the year 1431 in one of the items (a letter by Jan van Ruusbroec), which date the rest of the manuscript must more or less share. Among the many devotional and theological texts in the manuscript are Henricus Suso OP (Heinrich Seuse, 1295-1366) Horologium sapientiae and Cursus de aeterna sapientia, Jan van Ruusbroec's (1293-1381) De Calculo (Tractatus de perfectione filiorum Dei) and De ornatu spiritualium nuptiarum, both in the translation of Willem Jordaens, Hugo de Balma OCarth (fl. 1289-1304) Theologia mystica (De triplici uia), Thomas Aquinas OP (c. 1225-74) De perfectione spiritualis uitae and the De uita solitaria of Francesco Petrarca (1304-74). The 'kochemeister' mentioned on the back cover is possibly Michael Kuchmeister (fl. 1414-22) mentioned in Elbing records.
Contents
De xii gradibus humilitatis -- De mensuratione crucis -- Speculum consciencie et contemplationis -- De interiori domo (extract) -- Gratiarum acciones pro beneficiis -- Paradisus Spiritualis -- Horologium sapientiae -- Cursus de aeterna sapientia -- Prayers at Mass and to the Virgin -- Admonitio (fragment of Sermo 7) -- Epistola de modo studendi -- Exemplar Sancti Bernhardi -- Tractatus de perfectione filiorum Dei (transl. by Willem Jordaens) -- De septem gradibus contemplationis -- De essentia divinitatis -- De preparatoine domus animae -- Meditations -- Speculum humanae salvationis (Added texts on Passion and Joys and Sorrows of the Virgin Mary) -- Theologia mystica (De triplici via) -- Epistola super generibus exercitantum -- De perfectione spiritualis uitae -- Epistula ad Rusticum (ep. 125) -- De ornatu spiritualium nuptiarum (transl. by Willem Jordaens) -- De uita solitaria

Bibliographic information

M.R. James Date
xv (1431), etc.
Downloadable James Catalogue Record
https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:zw683hy4652/MS_526.pdf
Superseded Interim Catalogue Record
https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:ns009ct1070/526.pdf
Contains
  • De xii gradibus humilitatis. 1r-12v
    James
    De xii gradibus humilitatis. 1r-12v
    Note
    (Palma spiritualis: old list)
    mutilated at the beginning
  • pseudo-Anselm of Canterbury OSB, De mensuratione crucis. 12v-18v
    Author
    pseudo-Anselm of Canterbury OSB
    Explicit
    (18v) ita ut alios eciam possit consolari. Amen
  • Speculum consciencie et contemplationis. 18v-20v
    Rubric
    (18v) Incipit Speculum consciencie et contemplationis
    Incipit
    (18v) Si uis perfectus fieri stude
    Explicit
    (20v) lugendum et plorandum
  • pseudo-Bernard of Clairvaux OCist, De interiori domo (extract). 20v-22v
    James
    Bernhard de contemplacione. 20v-22v
    Author
    pseudo-Bernard of Clairvaux OCist
    Rubric
    (20v) De speculo consciencie et contemplacionis Bernhardi vel de contemplacione
    Incipit
    (20v) Uitam uniuscuiusque non cognoscit
    Explicit
    (22v) miratus regis potencia
  • Gratiarum acciones pro beneficiis. 22v-27v
    Rubric
    (22v) Incipiunt gratiarum acciones pro beneficiis receptis a deo
    Incipit
    (22v) Sancte sanctorum potentissime
    Explicit
    (27v) te miserante valeam promereri. Amen
  • Paradisus Spiritualis. 27v-56r
    Rubric
    (27v) Incipit liber qui dicitur Paradisus Spiritu(a)lis
    Incipit
    (27v) Paradisum spiritualem uniuersi describendo ymaginamur pratum
    Explicit
    (56r) tale edifica in te et ubi habites semper ora. Amen
    Rubric
    (56r) Explicit liber iste sit laus et gloria tibi Jesu Criste. Amen
  • Henricus Suso OP, Horologium sapientiae. 56r-129r
    James
    Horologium sapientiae (Henricus Suso). 56r-129r
    Author
    Henricus Suso OP
    Incipit
    (56r) Sentite de domino in bonitate
    Explicit
    (127r) in decore suo conspicientes I. c. d. n. qui cum, etc.
    Note
    Table of chapters to 98: then the note
    (129r) Hyr ist nicht me. Amen
    Rubric
    (129r) Explicit horlogium sapientie fratris A. ordinis predicatorum. E.
  • Henricus Suso OP, Cursus de aeterna sapientia. 129r-131r
    James
    Hours of the Eternal Wisdom: in Latin. 129r-131r
    Author
    Henricus Suso OP
    Rubric
    (129r) Quicunque desiderat sapienciam eternam familiarem sibi sponsam habere debet ei has horas cottidie deuote ... gere
    (131r) Explicit cursus sapiencie que est Ihesus Christus
  • Prayers at Mass and to the Virgin. 131r-146v
    Note
    Three prayers
    a.
    (131r) At Mass. In presencia sanctissimi corporis
    b.
    To the Virgin. O sanctissima et gloriosissima
    c.
    (131v) To the Virgin. O gloriosissima et sublimis
    ff. 133r-146v blank
  • Caesarius of Arles, Admonitio (fragment of Sermo 7). 147r-147r
    Author
    Caesarius of Arles
    Note
    End of
    Explicit
    (147r) Amonicio S. Augustini per quam ostendit quam bonum sit leccionem diuinam legere
    Note
    (a little over a column)
  • pseudo-Thomas Aquinas OP, Epistola de modo studendi. 147r-147r
    Author
    pseudo-Thomas Aquinas OP
    Rubric
    (147r) Sequitur exemplar S. Thome de Aquino missum cuidam fratri interroganti qualiter studio ac thesauro sciencie intendendum sit ad profectum
    Incipit
    (147r) Quia quesiuisti qualiter oporteat in thesauro sciencie
    Explicit
    (147r) attingere poteris quod affectas. Amen
    Rubric
    (147r) Sequitur aliud
  • Exemplar Sancti Bernhardi. 147v-147v
    Rubric
    (147v) Exemplar S. Bernhardi. ... quemadmodum se habere debeant dum diuinis laudibus assistunt
    Incipit
    (147v) Vos ammoneo dilectissimi pure ac strenue
  • Jan van Ruusbroec, Tractatus de perfectione filiorum Dei (transl. by Willem Jordaens). 147v-155v
    Author
    Jan van Ruusbroec
    Rubric
    (147v) Incipit tractatus de perfeccione filiorum dei
    Incipit
    (147v) Quicunque wlt venire in perfectissimo statu
    Explicit
    (155v) unum cum eo fiemus uti sum superius utcunque profatus ut nobis prestare dignetur trinus et unus. Amen
    Rubric
    (155v) Explicit tractatus de perfeccione filiorum dei
  • pseudo-Bonaventure OFM, De septem gradibus contemplationis. 155v-157r
    Author
    pseudo-Bonaventure OFM
    Rubric
    (155v) Incipit tractatus de gradibus contemplacionis editus a fr. Bonaventura de ordine minorum
    Incipit
    (155v) Contemplatiuorum aquilinos obtutus
    Explicit
    (157r) manibus eburneis cont(r)ectauit S[otoyi, dominum nostrum I. C. qui est bened. in secula seculorum Amen
    Rubric
    (157r) Explicit tractatus, etc.
  • pseudo-Augustine, De essentia divinitatis. 157r-160r
    Author
    pseudo-Augustine
    Rubric
    (157r) Incipit Jeronimus de membrorum Christi significacione
    Incipit
    (157r) Omnipotens pater et filius et spiritus Sanctus unus ac trinus
    Explicit
    (160r) videbimus eum sicut est. Tu autem domine, etc.
    Rubric
    (160r) Explicit liber beati Jeronimi de membrorum Christi significacione
    Note
    (160r) Scribbles in col. 2
  • De preparatoine domus animae. 160v-211r
    Note
    (160v) Prologus
    Rubric
    (160v) Domine dilexi decorem domus tue et locum habitacionis glorie tue
    Incipit
    (160v) Glosa dicit hic .i. dilexi me facere decorem
    Explicit
    (160v) erexi humiliter et distinxi
    Note
    (160v) Registrum
    (160v) De preparacione aree domus anime .1....De tectis anime .31.
    (160v) Text
    Incipit
    (160v) Diligenter exerce agrum tuum
    Explicit
    (211r) uerus pacificus sit in secula benedictus. Amen
  • Meditations. 211r-212v
    Note
    (211r) Meditations on
    Incipit
    (211r) Natus est nobis hodie saluator
    (212r) Verbum caro factum est
  • Speculum humanae salvationis (Added texts on Passion and Joys and Sorrows of the Virgin Mary). 213r-219v
    Note
    (213r) The end of the Speculum Humane Saluationis
    Incipit
    (213r) In precedenti capitulo de intollerabili pena dampnatorum
    Note
    Ending f. 216v (ff. 217r-219v blank)
  • Hugo de Balma OCarth, Theologia mystica (De triplici via). 220r-250r
    James
    De triplici via. 220r-250r
    Author
    Hugo de Balma OCarth
    Rubric
    (220r) Vie Syon lugent eo quod non sit qui vadit ... licet hoc uerbum dixit Jeremias propheta
    Incipit
    (220r) Triplex est igitur via ista
    Note
    Change of hand at f. 249r. Apparently ends f. 250r
  • Jan van Ruusbroec, Epistola super generibus exercitantum. 250v-251r
    James
    Liber spiritualis vitae by J. Ruysbroeck. 250v-251r
    Author
    Jan van Ruusbroec
    Incipit
    (250v) Conflue ... jocunditate in dulcissimi
    Explicit
    (251r) filios vestras et filias in domino I. C. Amen
    Note
    Johannes de Rustbrot [Ruscbrot] prior in viride valle totus vester in domino
    Capp. XVIII
  • Thomas Aquinas OP, De perfectione spiritualis uitae. 251r-266v
    Author
    Thomas Aquinas OP
    Rubric
    (251r) Incipit liber spiritualis vite perfeccionem et statum declarans quid sit auctoris intencio. Cap. I
    Incipit
    (251r) Quoniam quidam perfeccionis ignari
    Note
    Ends (cap. XXII)
    Explicit
    (266v) vicem eius agens qui est mediator dei et hominum homo Christus Ihesus qui est fons omnis perfeccionis Cui est gloria in secula seculorum. Amen
    Rubric
    (266v) Explicit libellus Thome de Aquino spiritualis vite perfeccionem et statum declarans
  • Jerome, Epistula ad Rusticum (ep. 125). 266v-278v
    Author
    Jerome
    Rubric
    (266v) Sequitur ergo alius liber videlicet Epistola beati Jeronimi presbiteri ad Rusticum monachum Incipitur ergo iste
    Incipit
    (266v) Nichil est christiano felicius
    Note
    Ends
    Explicit
    (271r) magna sunt premia. Amen
    Rubric
    (271r) Explicit epistola, etc.
    Note
    ff. 271v-278v blank
  • Jan van Ruusbroec, De ornatu spiritualium nuptiarum (transl. by Willem Jordaens). 279r-312v
    Author
    Jan van Ruusbroec
    Rubric
    (279r) Incipit Epistola domini Johannis (Ruysbroeck) primi prioris vallis (viridis) ad fratres Carthosienses de Capella Rolamdi (Rosamundi: old list) in flandria super interpretacione libri sequentis
    Incipit
    (279r) Flagitastis fratres karissimi literis humilibus
    Explicit
    (279r) adoranciam obfecisse
    Rubric
    (279r) Liber iste dicitur de ornatu spiritualium nupciarum et fundatur in verbis domini viz. Ecce sponsus venit exite obviam ei
    (279v) Incipit prologus liber de ornatu spiritualium nupciarum
    Incipit
    (279v) Ecce sponsus venit, etc. Expergiscemini prudentes virgines...Christus igitur dei virtus et sapiencia
    Note
    Text much injured
    Ends
    Rubric
    (305v) Explicit ... us libri de ornatu spir. nup. et fundatur in verbis domini videlicet (?). Ecce-obuiam ei. Anno Milles. cccco Tricesimo primo
    Note
    ff. 306r-312v blank
  • Francesco Petrarca, De uita solitaria. 313r-347r
    James
    Petrarcha de laude vite solitarie. 313r-347r
    Author
    Francesco Petrarca
    Note
    Prologus
    Incipit
    (313r) Paucos homines noui quibus opusculorum
    Explicit
    (313v) totam frontem serene tranquilleque rnentis aspicias
    Note
    Secundus prologus
    Incipit
    (314r) Credo generosum (?)
    Explicit
    (314v) et quod in illis vides in cunctis (?) estima
    Note
    (314v) Qualiter diues surgit media nocte
    Incipit
    (314v) Surgit occupatus infelix habitator urbium
    Note
    Qualiter solitarius surgit
    Incipit
    (314v) Surgit solitarius felix atque ociosus
    Note
    (325v) Liber I ends
    (346v) Liber II ends
    (347r) Incomplete list of capitula
    348r-348v and vellum flyleaf blank
Elbing
N. 28
Repository
UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
Location
MS 526

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