[Carmen paschale]

Name:

Sedulius, active 5th century; Matthew, of Vendôme, approximately 1130-; Prudentius, 348-; Prosper, of Aquitaine, Saint, approximately 390-approximately 463

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1450

Description:

Carmen paschale in four books, with a number of other poems, notes on the liturgy and verses in praise of monastic life.

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Sold by Laurence Witten (New Haven, Connecticut), 1957.

Subject:

Jesus Christ Transfiguration Early works to 1800; Socrates; Jesus Christ; Catholic Church -- Prayers and devotions -- Early works to 1800; Catholic Church -- Liturgy; Catholic Church; Liturgics; Carthusians; Acrostics -- Early works to 1800; Devotional literature; Monastic and religious life -- Early works to 1800; Monastic and religious life; Latin poetry, Medieval and modern -- Early works to 1800; Latin poetry, Medieval and modern; Acrostics; Transfiguration of Jesus Christ

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); codices (bound manuscripts); poems; prayers (compositions); Manuscripts, Renaissance; devotional literature

Physical Description:

66 leaves : paper; 141 x 104 (103 x 73) mm bound to 146 x 105 mm

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Table of contents: 1. f.1r-47r: Carmen paschale. -- 2. f.47r-v: Contra superbos. -- 3. f.47v-48r: Contra avaros. -- 4. f.48r-v: Oratio quam dicitur edidisse Prudentius poeta. -- 5. f.49r-50r: [Epigrammata ex sententiis S. Augustini, excerpt on the nature of sin / Saint Prosper of Aquitaine]. -- 6. f.50r-v: On Socrates. -- 7. f.50v: Stelliferi conditor orbis [excerpt from De Consolatione philosophiae 1.5 / Boethius]. -- 8. f.51r: Se totum invenit perfusum etiam pro verberibus quae [4 lines]. -- 9. f.51v: Summa quies nil velle supia qui postulat usus. -- 10. f.59r-61r: Notes on the order of the liturgy. -- 11. f.62r: Prayer to Jesus Christ and Pro peccatis... -- 12. f.62v-63r: De sanctis specialiter privilegiatis. -- 13. f.64r: Acrostic poem about monastic life, Carthusian. -- 14. f.64v-65r: Poem/prayer. -- 15. f.65r: [Versus?] beati Thomae de Aquino de laude cellae. -- 16. f.66r-v: Historia de Transfiguratione domini salvatoris.; Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch).; Item 6, on Socrates, is unidentified, incipit: Socrates sanctum ac venerabile consilium nobis (f. 50r).; Item 10 incipit: In summis missis festorum Nativitate Christi, Pasche, & Penthecostes, una sola oratio solemniter...; Item 13 incipit: Monachus ditur quasi solus et plangens seu dolens... (f. 64r).; Foliation: Paper, i (modern paper) + i (near contemporary paper) + 66 + i (modern paper); [1-66]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Layout: Written in 21 long lines; ruled in lead.; Script: Written in a German gothic script (f. 1-47), with additional texts in 5 other hands.; Decoration: Rubricated initials, capitals, underlining, and paragraph marks throughout.; Binding: Modern boards, back cover detached.; Origin: Written in Germany in the second half of the 15th century (Zacour-Hirsch).; Latin.; Related Work: Boethius, -524. De consolatione philosophiae.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 743