[Theological miscellany]

Alternate Title:

Liber scintillarum

Name:

Bernard, of Clairvaux, Saint, 1090 or 1091-1153; Anselm, Saint, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1033-1109

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1250

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Sold by Helmuth Domizlaff (Munich), 1952.

Subject:

Catholic Church -- Sermons -- Early works to 1800; Catholic Church; Confession -- Early works to 1800; Confession; Latin poetry, Medieval and modern -- Early works to 1800; Parables -- Early works to 1800; Sermons, Latin -- Early works to 1800; Sermons, Latin; Theology -- Early works to 1800; Theology; Vices -- Early works to 1800; Vices; Virtues -- Early works to 1800; Virtues; Parables; Latin poetry, Medieval and modern

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts); sermons; Manuscripts, Medieval; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

72 leaves : parchment; 165 x 106 x 172 x 129 mm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Table of contents: 1. [Liber scintillarum], an alphabetical digest of quotations on morals, etc. from authors including Bernard of Clairvaux and St. Anselm (f. 1-24). -- 2. Sermones, two incomplete sermons (25r-30r; 30r-36v). -- 3. Poenitentiale [incomplete?] (f. 37r-52v). -- 4. Sermones, two incomplete sermons (de penthecoste) (f. 53r-58r). -- 5. Excerpts and glosses on the Bible (f. 59r). -- 6. De pugna spirituali (f. 59r-v). -- 7. De vitiis [de colloquio vitiorum / Galand of Reigny] (f. 59v-61r). -- 8. De confessione (f. 61v). -- 9. De contemptu mundi / Pope Innocent III, excerpts (f. 62r-70r). -- 10. Quindecim signa (f. 70v). -- 11. Two poems / Golias (f. 72v).; Title supplied by cataloger.; Collation: Parchment, 72; 1-3⁸, 4¹², 5-6⁸, 7-8⁶, 9⁸; [1-72]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Layout: Written in 2 columns.; Script: Written in a Gothic hybrid script by at least 5 different hands.; Decoration: Rubrication throughout.; Binding: Modern vellum over wooden boards.; Item 1 incipit: De Castitate et continentia (f. 1r) [first letters of alphabet are missing]. (This work, titled Liber Scintillarum in Zacour-Hirsch, is not the same text as that of Defensor.); Item 2, second sermon incipit: Primum querite regnum dei et hec omnia adicientur vobis (f. 30r).; Item 3 incipit: In nomine Iesu Christi incipiunt interrogaciones que de scripturis sanctis et canonibus sacris in foro penitencie ad utilitatem confitencium fieri possunt et debent (f. 37r).; Item 4, second sermon incipit: Effundam spiritum meum super omnem carmen (f. 53r).; Item 6 incipit: Inter Ierusalem et Babyloniam nulla pax est sed guerra continua (f. 59r) (Migne 183, 761-765).; Item 7 incipit: Forte die quadam avarus libidini obvians (f. 59v).; Item 8 incipit: Ad habendum salutifere confessionis breviordinem (f. 61v).; Item 9 incipit: Domino patri[?] dei gratia portuensi episcopo Lotharius indignus diaconus gratiam in praesenti (f. 62r).; Item 10 incipit: Quindecim signa xv dierum ante diem iudicii invenit sanctus Ieronimus in annalibus Hebreorum (f. 70v) (Migne 217, 717-746).; Item 11 incipits: a. Tempus acceptabile, tempus est salutis (Walther 19171) and b. Sacerdotes mementote, nichil maius sacerdote (Walter 16999) (f. 72v).; Folios 1-58 are 14th century, folios 59-72 are 13th century, originally from at least two different manuscripts, from Germany (according to Zacour-Hirsch).; Some leaves stained, breaking at the edges.; Codicological and paleographical description by Paul Werner (typescript, 1977) on file at the library.; Latin.; Related Work: Galand, de Reigny, active 12th century. Parabolarium.; Related Work: Innocent III, Pope, 1160 or 1161-1216. De contemptu mundi.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 696