[Sermones anonymi]

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1400

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Sold by Hans Mehltretter (Luzern), 1956.

Subject:

Catholic Church -- Sermons -- Early works to 1800; Catholic Church; Sermons, Latin -- Early works to 1800; Sermons, Latin

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); codices (bound manuscripts); commentaries; sermons; Manuscripts, Latin; Manuscripts, Medieval; Manuscripts, Renaissance

Physical Description:

322 leaves : paper; 195 x 148 (143 x 102) mm bound to 204 x 145 mm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Table of contents: 1. f.1r-168r: Sermons for the liturgical year, incipit: Ecce rex tuus venit tibi pius. -- 2. f.170r-241v: Sermons, incipit: Hora est iam nos de sompno surgere in hiis vitiis monet... -- 3. f.243r-269v: Three long sermons or tracts on the passion of Christ, incipit: Sanctus Anshelmus longo tempore... -- 4. f.270r-277r: Commentaries/summaries on the 4 gospels, beginning with Matthew, incipit: Liber et numerus... -- 5. f.278r-299r: Sermons, incipit: Honora deum et honorifica sacerdotes... -- 6. f.300r-311r: Benedictum est lignum, per quid sit iustica... -- 7. f.312r-318r: Quotations from the Bible, classics and fathers of the Church. -- 8. f.318r-322v: Five short sermons, incipit: Ad laudem et gloriam omnipotentis dei...; Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch).; Foliation: Paper, i (parchment) + i (paper) + 322 + i (parchment); [1-322]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Layout: Written in 2 columns of 28-32 lines; ruled in ink.; Script: Written in a Gothic cursive script, with the main text in a single hand, quotations (f. 312r-318r) in a second hand, and sermons (f. 318r-322v) in a third hand.; Decoration: Rubricated headings, capitals, initials, and some underlining.; Binding: Contemporary leather over wooden boards, with brass studs.; Origin: Written in Germany in the 15th century (Zacour-Hirsch).; Wrapped in a parchment leaf from Section XV, "De quatuor virtutibus," of the Declamationes de Colloquio Simonis cum Jesu of Geoffrey of Auxerre (Patrilogia Latina, Vol. 184, Col. 447C-447D) with decorated initials in red and blue penwork.; Latin.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 718