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• Résumé : MS 503, a miscellany, contains diverse material copied in the period c. 1390-1430 in both Germany and Bohemia. The volume includes copies of Stephan of Roudnice’s expanded version of Aureum confessorum by Willelmus Durandus the Elder (c. 1237-1296), a tract on penitence, the Apparatus Decretorum by the canon lawyer Iohannes de Deo (c. 1190-1267), the Statutes of Arnestus (Ernest), Archbishop of Prague (or Ernest of Pardubice (1297-1364), Inhibitiones sacramenti eucharistiae, dated 1394, by Iohannes de Missa (Misna), the Pseudo-Bernard of Clairvaux, Speculum peccatoris, Peter of Poitiers (c.1130-1215), Genealogia historiarum (illustrated with diagrams and drawings), Quaestiones in De anima by John Buridan (1295-1358), Speculum historiale (extract of the Historia de Joseph et Aseneth) by Vincent of Beauvais (d. c. 1264), a map of the Holy Land, a list of Emperors and Popes, and notes on the foundation of religious houses in Gdansk and Marienburg (Malbork). This volume is part of the Elbing collection; a group of manuscripts which belonged to a Brigittine convent at Elbing (Elblag), near Gdansk. The collection was donated to Corpus Christi College by Richard Pernham (1583?-1628) or his wife Mary, whose signature is in several of the books.

  
  

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  Langue(s) des textes : latin, allemand

  
  

  Intervenants :

  Willelmus Durandus the Elder - author

  Stephanius of Roudnice - author

  iar-38v - Willelmus Durandus the Elder, Aureum confessorum (expanded version by Stephanius of Roudnice) || Primo aureum confessorum

  Note : (iar) The first leaf in a different hand from the rest

  incipit : (iar) Quoniam ut apostollus prima ad Cor. iiij. Omnia honestate

  Note : begins

  incipit : (1r) Ut eo lucidius hiis qui jura non norunt tytuli decretalium

  Note : Ends

  explicit : (34r) in aliis multis capitulis superius allegatur

  rubric : (34r) Explicit aureum confessorum

  Note : In another hand

  rubric : (34r) Acus Sibille

  incipit : (34r) Est quoddam opus Rome sapienter a sapientibus et studentibus edificatum ad modum turris

  Note : inscribed with letters p. p. p. S. S. S., etc., which were interpreted by Bede when he visited Rome; whence the pope conferred on him the title of venerable

  explicit : (34r) Sicque mos inoleuit quod in omnibus omeliis suis venerabilis intitulatur et nuncupatur

  Note : ff. 34v-38v blank

  
  

  39r-62v - Tract on penitence || Tractatus valde bonus et necessarius de penitencia

  incipit : (39r) Cum omnis etas ab adolescencia prona sit

  explicit : (61r) simplici fornicacione

  rubric : (61r) Explicit de bigamis Quia, etc.

  Note : ff. 61v-62v blank

  
  

  Intervenants :

  Iohannes de Deo - author

  63r-71v - Iohannes de Deo, Apparatus Decretorum (Decretum abbreviatum) || Abreuiacio tocius decreti prosayce et metrice

  Note : a.

  incipit : (63r) Liber decretorum distinctus est in tres partes

  Note : b.

  incipit : (66v) Si quis in hoc opere facto per metra studereAppetit in genere decreta potest retinere...Cum sit canon ibi debent in pectore scribi

  rubric : (70v) Explicit abreuiacio tocius decreti

  Note : f. 71r-71v blank

  
  

  72r-100v - Statutes of Arnestus, Archbishop of Prague || Statuta domini Arnesti Archiep. Pragensis valde necessarius (!) curatis

  incipit : (72r) Statutum domini Arnesti sic dicit. Nullus presbiter parochianum alterius sine proprii licencia sacerdotis

  Note : With questions on each paragraph. Ends with an alphabetical table

  rubric : (100v) ffinis statutorum Reuerendissimi in Christo patris et domini domini Arnesti Archiepiscopi Pragensis et apostolici sedis legati. Amen

  
  

  Intervenants :

  Iohannes de Missa (Misna) - author

  100v-105v - Iohannes de Missa (Misna), Inhibitiones sacramenti eucharistiae

  rubric : (100v) Incipiunt inhibitiones sacramenti eukaristie collecte per domini Joh. de misna presbiteri anno domini mo ccco nonagesima quarta

  Note : Cap. 1

  incipit : (100v) Item primo omnibus hereticis manifestis

  explicit : (102v) laborem considerat et dolorem

  Note : (102v) Sermon on David

  incipit : (102v) Tytulus ps. Dauid. cum venit ad eum nathan

  
  

  Intervenants :

  pseudo-Bernard of Clairvaux OCist - author

  106r-109r - pseudo-Bernard of Clairvaux OCist, Speculum peccatoris || Speculum peccatoris

  Note : (P. L. XL 983)

  incipit : (106r) Quoniam karissimi in via huius seculi

  explicit : (109r) vitam eternam possideas. quam tibi concedat qui, etc.

  rubric : (109r) Explicit speculum peccatoris

  
  

  109r-116r - Auctoritates diuersorum sanctorum doctorum || Auctoritates diuersorum sanctorum doctorum

  incipit : (109r) Bernardus in 2a omelia super missus

  
  

  Intervenants :

  Peter of Poitiers - author

  116v-130r - Peter of Poitiers, Genealogia historiarum || Narraciones hystoriarum valde compendiose s. ab adam. Inchoans per patriarchas, Judices, Reges, prophetas et sacerdotes usque ad Christum

  incipit : (116v) Considerantes sacre historie prolixitatem

  incipit : (116v) Adam in agro damasceno formatur

  Note : Text on L. page: genealogical tree on R.

  explicit : (129v) genuisse Joachim patrem marie virginis

  
  

  130v-131r - Map of the Holy Land

  Note : (130v) A rough map or diagram of the Holy Land

  Note : (131r) In another hand some notes from the Jewish Law (Exod., Deut., etc.)

  
  

  131v-134v - List of Emperors and Popes

  Note : (131v) Lists of Emperors and Popes, synchronised

  Note : With a few historical notes

  Note : The last is

  Note : (134r) a. d. 1270 predictus karolus romam venit nauigio venit in apuliam bello habito manfred. regno et vita priuauit

  Note : (134v) List of heretics

  incipit : (134v) Arius presbiter in allexandria in multis turbauit fidem

  Note : (134v) Also a list of the clauses of the Creed assigned to the several Apostles

  
  

  135r-135v - Foundations of religious houses in Gdansk and Marienburg (Malburk)

  Note : (135r) The text of f. 135r-135v is wholly in German, in two hands, and consists of historical entries

  Note : a.

  Note : Foundation of Religious Orders

  incipit : (135r) Anno doi iiijc et xxx vart gestift d. orden Regulares canonici under sce Augustini regel ... Ao d. m. cc. lxx. wart gestift das closter Olyua bi gdanczk. Ao d. m. ccc. ix. Jar wart danczk gewune. dor noch in den neesten jar kouften di heren das lant czu pomeren

  Note : b.

  incipit : (135r) Was by meister Wynrichsz von knyprode gecziten geschen ist etc. vnd dor noch. Anno dni m. ccc. lxj. wart kynstot herczog von littawen gevangen vnd gebrocht kcu marienburg vnd entqwam vs dem gevengnisse

  Note : Ends

  explicit : (135v) A. d. m. cccc. xxxo vorstarb herczog Wytawt vnd herczog Swutergayl wart eyntrechticleich gekorn zu lytteuichen herren

  
  

  Intervenants :

  John Buridan - author

  136r-151v - John Buridan, Quaestiones in De anima || Questiones mag. Biridoon super libros de anima ualde bone

  incipit : (136r) Queritur utrum anima sit subiectum proprium et adequatum

  Note : Very closely written

  explicit : (151v) formati et patent questiones, de anima reuerendi mag. biridani

  
  

  Intervenants :

  Vincent of Beauvais OP - author

  152r-156v - Vincent of Beauvais OP, Speculum historiale (extract - Historia de Joseph et Aseneth) || Historia de asseneth uxore Josephi. Extracted from Vincentii Spec. Hist.

  incipit : (152r) Joseph natus anno patris sui xco

  explicit : (153v) collectis super lectulum suum pedibus obiit

  
  

  157r-157v - Various notes

  Note : In the last cover, various notes

  Note : (157r) Virtutes agnus dei (10 lines)

  incipit : (157r) Balsamus et munda cera cum crismatis unda

  Note : (157r) Heynrich. gut. korn. hat. ffrederich. Johan Gobil Echart

  Note : (157r) Receipt in German

  Note : Nym wisen burnsteyn jngeber

  Note : (157r) Lines on feasts: A. Geor., B. philippi

  Note : (157r) Signs of death: Fronte rubet, etc.