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Alternative title

[Untitled]

Type of resource

mixed material

Extent

ff. 1 + 157

Date created

[ca. 1400 - 1499]

Language

Latin, German

Material

Paper

Layout

largely in double columns of 43 and 42 lines, also (at end) of 63 lines

Height (mm)

290

Width (mm)

217

Collation

1 flyleaf, 1(12) 2(12) 3(14) 4(12)-6(12) (wants 10-12) 7(12) 8(10) 9(12) 10(10) (xi, xii gone) | 13(16) 14(4) | 15(12) 16(12) (wants 11, 12).

Writing

in several hands

Foliation

ff. a-e + ia + 1-157 + f-i

Provenance

The name of Mary Pernham in the cover (ev).

Additions

Binding as no. 1 (MS 499). The bosses remain but no staple or clasps.

List of contents in the cover (ev) (which I quote where necessary).

Summary

MS 503, a miscellany, contains diverse material copied in the period c. 1390-1430 in both Germany and Bohemia. The volume includes copies of Stephan of Roudnice’s expanded version of Aureum confessorum by Willelmus Durandus the Elder (c. 1237-1296), a tract on penitence, the Apparatus Decretorum by the canon lawyer Iohannes de Deo (c. 1190-1267), the Statutes of Arnestus (Ernest), Archbishop of Prague (or Ernest of Pardubice (1297-1364), Inhibitiones sacramenti eucharistiae, dated 1394, by Iohannes de Missa (Misna), the Pseudo-Bernard of Clairvaux, Speculum peccatoris, Peter of Poitiers (c.1130-1215), Genealogia historiarum (illustrated with diagrams and drawings), Quaestiones in De anima by John Buridan (1295-1358), Speculum historiale (extract of the Historia de Joseph et Aseneth) by Vincent of Beauvais (d. c. 1264), a map of the Holy Land, a list of Emperors and Popes, and notes on the foundation of religious houses in Gdansk and Marienburg (Malbork). This volume is part of the Elbing collection; a group of manuscripts which belonged to a Brigittine convent at Elbing (Elblag), near Gdansk. The collection was donated to Corpus Christi College by Richard Pernham (1583?-1628) or his wife Mary, whose signature is in several of the books.

Contents

Aureum confessorum (expanded version by Stephanius of Roudnice) -- Tract on penitence -- Apparatus Decretorum (Decretum abbreviatum) -- Statutes of Arnestus, Archbishop of Prague -- Inhibitiones sacramenti eucharistiae -- Speculum peccatoris -- Auctoritates diuersorum sanctorum doctorum -- Genealogia historiarum -- Map of the Holy Land -- List of Emperors and Popes -- Foundations of religious houses in Gdansk and Marienburg (Malburk) -- Quaestiones in De anima -- Speculum historiale (extract - Historia de Joseph et Aseneth) -- Various notes

M.R. James Date

xv

Downloadable James Catalogue Record

https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:fk287jc1851/MS_503.pdf

Superseded Interim Catalogue Record

https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:rq213nt5295/503.pdf

Contains

• Willelmus Durandus the Elder, Aureum confessorum (expanded version by Stephanius of Roudnice). iar-38v

  James

  Primo aureum confessorum. iar-38v

  Author

  Willelmus Durandus the Elder

  Stephanius of Roudnice

  Note

  (iar) The first leaf in a different hand from the rest

  Incipit

  (iar) Quoniam ut apostollus prima ad Cor. iiij. Omnia honestate

  Note

  begins

  Incipit

  (1r) Ut eo lucidius hiis qui jura non norunt tytuli decretalium

  Note

  Ends

  Explicit

  (34r) in aliis multis capitulis superius allegatur

  Rubric

  (34r) Explicit aureum confessorum

  Note

  In another hand

  Rubric

  (34r) Acus Sibille

  Incipit

  (34r) Est quoddam opus Rome sapienter a sapientibus et studentibus edificatum ad modum turris

  Note

  inscribed with letters p. p. p. S. S. S., etc., which were interpreted by Bede when he visited Rome; whence the pope conferred on him the title of venerable

  Explicit

  (34r) Sicque mos inoleuit quod in omnibus omeliis suis venerabilis intitulatur et nuncupatur

  Note

  ff. 34v-38v blank

• Tract on penitence. 39r-62v

  James

  Tractatus valde bonus et necessarius de penitencia. 39r-62v

  Incipit

  (39r) Cum omnis etas ab adolescencia prona sit

  Explicit

  (61r) simplici fornicacione

  Rubric

  (61r) Explicit de bigamis Quia, etc.

  Note

  ff. 61v-62v blank

• Iohannes de Deo, Apparatus Decretorum (Decretum abbreviatum). 63r-71v

  James

  Abreuiacio tocius decreti prosayce et metrice. 63r-71v

  Author

  Iohannes de Deo

  Note

  a.

  Incipit

  (63r) Liber decretorum distinctus est in tres partes

  Note

  b.

  Incipit

  (66v) Si quis in hoc opere facto per metra studereAppetit in genere decreta potest retinere...Cum sit canon ibi debent in pectore scribi

  Rubric

  (70v) Explicit abreuiacio tocius decreti

  Note

  f. 71r-71v blank

• Statutes of Arnestus, Archbishop of Prague. 72r-100v

  James

  Statuta domini Arnesti Archiep. Pragensis valde necessarius (!) curatis. 72r-100v

  Incipit

  (72r) Statutum domini Arnesti sic dicit. Nullus presbiter parochianum alterius sine proprii licencia sacerdotis

  Note

  With questions on each paragraph. Ends with an alphabetical table

  Rubric

  (100v) ffinis statutorum Reuerendissimi in Christo patris et domini domini Arnesti Archiepiscopi Pragensis et apostolici sedis legati. Amen

• Iohannes de Missa (Misna), Inhibitiones sacramenti eucharistiae. 100v-105v

  Author

  Iohannes de Missa (Misna)

  Rubric

  (100v) Incipiunt inhibitiones sacramenti eukaristie collecte per domini Joh. de misna presbiteri anno domini mo ccco nonagesima quarta

  Note

  Cap. 1

  Incipit

  (100v) Item primo omnibus hereticis manifestis

  Explicit

  (102v) laborem considerat et dolorem

  Note

  (102v) Sermon on David

  Incipit

  (102v) Tytulus ps. Dauid. cum venit ad eum nathan

• pseudo-Bernard of Clairvaux OCist, Speculum peccatoris. 106r-109r

  James

  Speculum peccatoris. 106r-109r

  Author

  pseudo-Bernard of Clairvaux OCist

  Note

  (P. L. XL 983)

  Incipit

  (106r) Quoniam karissimi in via huius seculi

  Explicit

  (109r) vitam eternam possideas. quam tibi concedat qui, etc.

  Rubric

  (109r) Explicit speculum peccatoris

• Auctoritates diuersorum sanctorum doctorum. 109r-116r

  James

  Auctoritates diuersorum sanctorum doctorum. 109r-116r

  Incipit

  (109r) Bernardus in 2a omelia super missus

• Peter of Poitiers, Genealogia historiarum. 116v-130r

  James

  Narraciones hystoriarum valde compendiose s. ab adam. Inchoans per patriarchas, Judices, Reges, prophetas et sacerdotes usque ad Christum. 116v-130r

  Author

  Peter of Poitiers

  Incipit

  (116v) Considerantes sacre historie prolixitatem
  (116v) Adam in agro damasceno formatur

  Note

  Text on L. page: genealogical tree on R.

  Explicit

  (129v) genuisse Joachim patrem marie virginis

• Map of the Holy Land. 130v-131r

  Note

  (130v) A rough map or diagram of the Holy Land
  (131r) In another hand some notes from the Jewish Law (Exod., Deut., etc.)

• List of Emperors and Popes. 131v-134v

  Note

  (131v) Lists of Emperors and Popes, synchronised
  With a few historical notes
  The last is
  (134r) a. d. 1270 predictus karolus romam venit nauigio venit in apuliam bello habito manfred. regno et vita priuauit
  (134v) List of heretics

  Incipit

  (134v) Arius presbiter in allexandria in multis turbauit fidem

  Note

  (134v) Also a list of the clauses of the Creed assigned to the several Apostles

• Foundations of religious houses in Gdansk and Marienburg (Malburk). 135r-135v

  Note

  (135r) The text of f. 135r-135v is wholly in German, in two hands, and consists of historical entries
  a.
  Foundation of Religious Orders

  Incipit

  (135r) Anno doi iiijc et xxx vart gestift d. orden Regulares canonici under sce Augustini regel ... Ao d. m. cc. lxx. wart gestift das closter Olyua bi gdanczk. Ao d. m. ccc. ix. Jar wart danczk gewune. dor noch in den neesten jar kouften di heren das lant czu pomeren

  Note

  b.

  Incipit

  (135r) Was by meister Wynrichsz von knyprode gecziten geschen ist etc. vnd dor noch. Anno dni m. ccc. lxj. wart kynstot herczog von littawen gevangen vnd gebrocht kcu marienburg vnd entqwam vs dem gevengnisse

  Note

  Ends

  Explicit

  (135v) A. d. m. cccc. xxxo vorstarb herczog Wytawt vnd herczog Swutergayl wart eyntrechticleich gekorn zu lytteuichen herren

• John Buridan, Quaestiones in De anima. 136r-151v

  James

  Questiones mag. Biridoon super libros de anima ualde bone. 136r-151v

  Author

  John Buridan

  Incipit

  (136r) Queritur utrum anima sit subiectum proprium et adequatum

  Note

  Very closely written

  Explicit

  (151v) formati et patent questiones, de anima reuerendi mag. biridani

• Vincent of Beauvais OP, Speculum historiale (extract - Historia de Joseph et Aseneth). 152r-156v

  James

  Historia de asseneth uxore Josephi. Extracted from Vincentii Spec. Hist. 152r-156v

  Author

  Vincent of Beauvais OP

  Incipit

  (152r) Joseph natus anno patris sui xco

  Explicit

  (153v) collectis super lectulum suum pedibus obiit

• Various notes. 157r-157v

  Note

  In the last cover, various notes
  (157r) Virtutes agnus dei (10 lines)

  Incipit

  (157r) Balsamus et munda cera cum crismatis unda

  Note

  (157r) Heynrich. gut. korn. hat. ffrederich. Johan Gobil Echart
  (157r) Receipt in German
  Nym wisen burnsteyn jngeber
  (157r) Lines on feasts: A. Geor., B. philippi
  (157r) Signs of death: Fronte rubet, etc.

Elbing

N. 5

Location

https://purl.stanford.edu/zn618sb4538

MS 503

Repository

UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library

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