A theological miscellany in a composite manuscript of seven units
I: Fols. 1r–28r: [Hilarius]:
<hi rend="italic">Liber Hymnorum</hi> [<hi
rend="italic">seu Expositio Hymnorum</hi>]. Apparently the same text,
which survives in [Berlin, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer
Kulturbesitz, Hs. Theol. Lat. qu. 275] (see G. Achten, Die theologischen lat. Handschriften in Quarto der
Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz Berlin, Teil 2, Wiesbaden 1982,
p. 44). Hilarius is mentioned in the
prologue, but his authorship is uncertain. GW 13682–13731.
[1r] (Prologue) Liber iste dicitur liber ymnorum ymnus dicitur laus
dei cum cantico dicta. Quattuor fuerunt principales auctores ... Sed quidam vir
prudens ylarius ... (Text) Primo dierum omnium [quo mundo extat conditus] ... (Commentary) Materia huius ymni [est commendacio dominici
diei] ... [28r] (Text) Hic promereantur omnes petita adquirere ...
translati ad requiem. Gloria. (Commentary) ... et sic paradisum introire cum sanctis perhenniter. illi dico translati
in requiem eternam. (fols.
28v–32v are blank).
II: Fols. 33r–65v:
Computus. Most
closely related to Alexander de Villa Dei,
<hi rend="italic">Massa Computi</hi> [cum commentario]. Ed.
Steele 1926, 268–283, 284–285.
[33r] (Commentary) Avctoritate freti augustini in domo dei quattuor
dicimus esse necessaria ... [34r] (Prologus)
Licet modo in fine temporum plures constat haberi codices ...
[35r] (Text) AVreus in iano numerus clauesque nouantur ...
[59v] ... Mobilis ibo cifos acer liber habeto coeuos. Non facit
hunc locus ortum reminiscere testis. Explicit compotus petri de warndvm(?) ...
(Commentary) ... quod est contra ecclesiasticam constitucionem et hec de embolismis
sufficiant. [59ar] Incipit doctrina tabularum [with
commentary] ... Alphabeta duo que terdeca v figuris ...
[65r] ... Qua mediante potest quid queris semper haberi. (Followed
by computistic annotations until end 65v where an ownership marking
is placed; see below).
III: Fols. 66r–80r: Hermannus
de Schildesche:
<hi rend="italic">Speculum manuale
sacerdotum</hi>.
[66r]
Incipit speculum sacerdotum compilatum a fratre hermanno de
alamannia dicto de scildis sacre theologie professore ordinis fratrum heremitarum
sancti augustini. Incipit prologus. Deo amabilibus et sibi in christo
reuerendis omnibus sacerdotibus ... [67r]
Prima pars speculi sacerdotum representat speculanda circa
baptismum ... Materia baptismi debet esse pura acqua ... [80r]
... et in repertorio aureo guillelmi ti[tulo] de pe[nitencia] et re[missionibus]
plenius continentur ... Explicit speculum sacerdotum editum a fratre hermanno de
alamannia dicto de scildis in sacra theologia professore ordinis fratrum heremitarum
sancti augustini. (followed by a partially deleted note of ownership) (fols.
80v–81r are blank).
[81v–82] (Notes and quotes, partially in
French).
IV: Fols. 83r–148v:
<hi rend="italic">Sermones
de tempore</hi>. For a complete list of incipits see
Andersson-Schmitt et al. 1992, 145–151.
[83r]
Dominica i post octauam pentecostes de epistola. Hoc mandamus
habemus a deo ... (I Io. 4:21) Apostolus et euuangelista Jo[hannes] nobis commendat
in verbo proposito fraternam siue mutuam caritatem ... [148v] ...
quod iustum fuerit dabo vobis. (added by another hand) explicit liber collacionum
seu abbreviaturam sermonum. [149r–150r] (Registry and
annotations, partially in French). (fol. 150v is
blank).
V: Fols. 151r–193v: A collection of short texts and
quotations.
Fols. 151r–168v: Biblical quotations with
commentaries
[151r] Salomon in prouerbiis ffauus distillans meretricis labia
(Prov. 5:3)... [168v] ...ymagines quas tranquilla Representat etc.
(on fol. 168r: Ps.-Anselm of
Canterbury,
<hi rend="italic">Admonitio morienti</hi>;
PL 158, 685–688: Verba anselmi ad moritantem.
Frater letaris quod in fide ... )
Fols. 169r–193v: Various short tractates, prayers,
and notes.
[169r–v] (A theological text (imperf.); formularia). [170r–v] (A scribal colophon (see below),
various verses and proverbs; see Andersson-Schmitt et al. 1992, 152)
Ascalonita necat pueros antipa Johannem ... [171r–v] (Letter formulae
and notes).
[172r–173v] (‘
Tractatus de musica secundum
Petrum Picardum aliosque scriptores’; ed. Moberg 1928, 62–67)
Quoniam nonnulli et maxime auditores ... [173v]... penultimam
significaret esse longam. (a text has been erased from fol. 174ra–va).
[174v–176r] (a
penitential tractate;
ed. Gummerus 1900, V–VII) De penitenciis manifestis.
Pro incestu in primo gradu ... [176r] ... reddatur innoxius per
christum dominum nostrum. Absolutio infirmorum. Ipse dominus
ihesus christus...
[176v–177v] (
<hi rend="italic"
>Orationes</hi>) Domine ihesu christe qui fecisti et creasti ...
[177v] ... peccastis nostris iminere cognoscimus ...
[178r–179r] (
Compustical annotations;
179v is blank).
[180r–183v, 188r–189v,
190v] (
Letter formulae, mentioning the year
1334 and the city of Skänninge)
[184r–187v, 190r,
191r–193v] (Verses, proverbs, and other short texts;
see Andersson-Schmitt et al. 1992, 153) Ne scribam vanum duc pia
virgo... [190r]
Mortuus in sepulchro dicit. Consumpta carne ... (the text on
fol. 193v has been rendered illegible).
VI: Fols. 194r–199v:
<hi rend="italic">Visio
Tundali</hi> (imperfect; ed. Wagner 1882, 8–56), and
another theological text (imperfect).
[194r] (Visio Tundali) --- respirare cepit Mirantur enim cuncti ...
[198v] ... que ante diximus ihesu Christo ... AMEN. (Theological
tractate) Ossa arida audite verbum domini etc. (Ez 37:4) ... [199v]
... si desiderasti uxorem proximi t |
VII: Fols. 200r–237v:
Florilegia,
Excerpta varia.
[200r] (Flores Augustini (cf.
Stegmüller, RB 8720)) Quorundam librum [gloriosi et imcomprabilis]
doctoris augustini ... [218v] ... sic aperietur te prestante qui
uiuis ... amen. (Excerpts from Augustine) Ex libro soliloquiorum beati augustini primo qui sic incipit.
Uolenti mihi diu multa ... [221v] (Excerpts from St Anselm, here attributed to Augustine; cf. PL 158,
722ff.) Ex oracione et meditacione eius ad contrahendum
in se timorem dei. Terret me vita mea ... [226v] ... et
noscunt me (Io 10:14) amen. (followed by an addition by another hand)
[227r–231v] (Jacobus de
Lausanna,
<hi rend="italic">Compendium moralitatum</hi>
(defective); cf. Stegmüller, RB, 3887) Abicit mundus pauperes et
honorat ... [232r–235v] (Excerpts from Augustine and Bernhard; imperf.) Augustinus. Felices uos dixerim sacerdotes ...
[236r–flyleaf] (Various theological texts) Per proprium sanguinem
introiuit ... [237v] ... per quam nos sequi ipsum oportet... (ends on
the pasted side of the flyleaf).
Parchment
254 (237 with foliation).
10
15
I: (6,5 × 9,5).
II: (7 × 9,5).
III: (7 × 10).
IV: (c. 7 × 11).
V: written space and number of lines vary.
VI: (8 × 11).
VII: (7,5–8 × 11–11,5).
Modern foliation in pencil.
I: III6 + [2IV6]
+ IV14 + 3III32; II:
(III+1)39 + 2III51 +
IV59 + (159a) + III65; III: IV73 + (III+1)80; I82; IV: IV90 + V100 + (1+IV)109 + IV117 + (I+1)120 + (VI–2)130 + V140 + IV148; I150; V: 3III168 + (I+1)171; VI183 + III189; 2I193; VI: (II+2)199; VII: VI211 + V221 + V231 + III237.
III: Reclamants visible in the lower margin. IV: Reclamants
occasionally visible in the lower margin. Quire signatures signalling the leaves
of the first half of the quire (roman numerals) added in blue by a later
hand.
The manuscript is comprised of seven booklets of varying origins. They
were bound together most likely in the first half of
saec. XV.
Two quires have been added after the first quire. These quires were stolen from
the manuscript during 20th century and returned in
1987. The leaves are now foliated 6a–6p.Fol. 59a was one of the leaves that were
stolen from the manuscript and returned in 1987.
In VII, the text is worn
and faded, especially so on fol. 200r.
I: varying number of lines.
II: one column, 41–43 lines with commentary, otherwise varies..
III: 22–23 lines in one column..
IV: two columns from fol. 102r, 20–26 lines of text..
V: two columns on fols. 172r–173v. .
VI: two columns with 45 lines; first one written above the top line.
VII: one column with c. 35 lines.
I–II: Textualis in a hand of saec.
XIII, probably from France.
III: A textualis of saec. XIV;
fols. 80–82 are written in cursiva and include French.
IV: A textualis of saec. XIV(?) by
several hands. Fols. 149–150 include French.
V: Mostly by one hand writing cursiva of saec. XIV; probably in Sweden. Fol.
170r–v of Part V were written 1336 in
Lödöse by a Holmvidus;
fol. 170r: ‘Anno domini Mo ccco xxxvi me holmuido existente in hospitali lodhosiensi cum
domino swenone canonico scarensi hoc scripsi jn sabbato proximo ante Johannis
baptiste [22.6.]’. The mentioned Swenonus is likely the same
who appears in a document from 1330 (DS 2809). Fols.
190–193 by different hands.
VI: Textualis in a hand of saec.
XIV.
VII: Textualis and cursive in several hands of saec. XIV.
Fols. 172r–173v contain examples of
quadratic and hufnagel notation.
I–II: Red and blue lombard initials with flourishing; rubrics in red.
III: Simple lombard initials in red. Rubrics and paragraph marks in red.
IV: Fol. 150r features a pen-drawn picture of the crucifixion
(turned upside-down). Red and blue lombard initials with flourishing.
V: Simple lombard initials, rubrics and paraphs in red.
VI: Initials, rubrics and highlighting only in the beginning of the part.
VII: Simple lombard initials, rubrics and paraphs in red.
Light brown calf over wooden boards. Remnants of a strap-and-pin clasp running from
front to back. Front flyleaf is loose and contains a fragment of a Latin text (s. XIV).
The binding is of a type typically found in Vadstena
Abbey during saec. XV1.
A theological compilation manuscript with seven units of different origins
ranging from saec. XIII to XIV. Two units
contains short notes in French (III and IV), indicating a possible
origin in France, and another two (II and V) were acquired by
a cleric from Turku, Thörnerus Andreae. His
collection included several manuscripts from Prague. At least these two units,
possibly also others, were carried by Thörnerus to the Birgittine Vadstena Abbey.
Parts II and V at least belonged to Thörnerus
Andreae, a priest from the diocese of Turku, who
entered the Birgittine Vadstena Abbey in
1407: ‘liber Monasterii sancte Marie virginis in
watzsteno quem attulit frater Thørnerus andree quondam clericus Aboensis Orate pro
eo’ (fol. 65v); ‘thørnerus andree possidet istum librum’ (fol.
154r); ‘si possessoris nomen cognoscere velis / thør tibi primo
medio ne rus sit in ymo’ (fol. 169v).
Part III has an partly
erased ownership mark on fol. 80r: ‘Liber domini ----‘.
Part IV
belonged to a brother Petrus: ‘Iste liber est fratris petri de basta [leista(?)]
conventus fontis’ (fol. 83r).
Vadstena Abbey’s shelf-mark is
found on the first flyleaf verso: “I iiii primus in ordine”. The binding is typical
of the abbey for the first half of saec.
XV.
The manuscript remained in the abbey’s collection after its dissolution and was
probably among those codices taken away in 1619 and donated to Uppsala University
Library in 1621 by King Gustav
Adolf II.
Uppsala University Library’s shelf-mark ‘C 453’ found on inner
front cover.