Bruges. Bibliothèque publique, Ms. 139

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  • Manuscript 139 is a composite manuscript of writings by two authors. The first part is a collection of texts by Ephrem the Syrian (d. 373), an important and early theologian in Eastern Christianity. In (ff. 1r-46v) the Monita sancti Ephraei, six books of several short treatises on - among others - penitence, the Day of Judgement and the resurrection. The second part (ff. 46v-86r) is the Vita s. Iohannis Eleemosynarii, a hagiography by Leontios of Neapolis, a seventh-century bishop. It recounts the life of John of Alexandria (d. 616/620), known also as John the Almoner or John the Merciful, who is venerated as the patron saint of Italy and Limassol in Cyprus. The manuscript was copied in the twelfth century, probably in the scriptorium of Ten Duinen. The text is copied in a single column. At the beginning of each text (and within, of each book) is a large initial in red ink and decorated with black penwork. Other elements in red ink are the rubrics. The edges have been cropped, probably when the manuscript was rebound in its current post medieval binding. Based on the two end leaves, parts of a charter issued by aldermen of Bruges on December 10th 1558 (regarding the settlement of a conflict), the binding cannot be older than the late sixteenth century. The cropping caused the partial loss of the marginalia, made approximately at the time the manuscript was copied. [Summary by Dr. Mark Vermeer]

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  • Online catalogue description by Dr. Evelien Hauwaerts (Public Library Bruges). Online catalogusbeschrijving door Dr. Evelien Hauwaerts (Openbare Bibliotheek Brugge)
  • Isaac, M.T., Les livres manuscrits de l'Abbaye des Dunes d'après le catalogue du XVIIe siècle (Livre - Idées - Société 4), Verviers: Gason, 1984
  • De Poorter, A., Catalogue des manuscrits de la bibliothèque publique de la ville de Bruges (Catalogue général des manuscrits des bibliothèques de Belgique 2), Gembloux: Duculot, 1934
  • Janzen, Jenneka. Written Culture at Ten Duinen. Cistercian Monks and their Books c. 1125-c. 1250. [Onuitgegeven doctoraatsthesis: Universiteit Leiden, 2019]
  • Lieftinck, G.I., De librijen en scriptoria der Westvlaamse Cisterciënser-abdijen Ter Duinen en Ter Doest in de 12e en 13e eeuw en de betrekkingen tot het atelier van de kapittelschool van Sint Donatiaan te Brugge, Brussel: AWLSK, 1953
  • van Belleghem, Doenja (ed.), De Duinenhandschriften : over de manuscripten van de cisterciënzerabdij Ten Duinen in het Grootseminarie Brugge en de Openbare bibliotheek Brugge, Brugge: Openbare Bibliotheek, 2016

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  • Voorste dekblad bevat oorkonde schepenen Brugse vrije (gedateerd: 1558); achterste dekblad gelijkaardige oorkonde
  • Bij het hersnijden van het boekblok is tekst van de bovenste regels verloren gegaan in Onderdeel 2
  • De rode inkt van de rubrieken is sterk vervaagd
  • Folio 86r-v bevat 13de-eeuws fragment antiphonen met muzieknotatie, inc. (f. 86r): 'Hodie nata est beat uirgo'; expl. (f. 86v): 'Beata progenies unde Christus'
  • Stroken perkament met latere fragmenten gebruikt om materiële lacunes in de codex aan te vullen en om katernen te verstevigen
  • Herkomst: volgens Lieftinck 1953 mogelijk afkomstig uit het scriptorium van Ten Duinen

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