Liber gestorum barlaam et Josaphat; Incipit liber gestorum Barlaam & Iosaphat servorum dei, editus greco sermone a iohanne damasceno; Table of Contents (DS526) (Q2540)
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Indiana University, Bloomington (Medieval and Renaissance 15)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Liber gestorum barlaam et Josaphat; Incipit liber gestorum Barlaam & Iosaphat servorum dei, editus greco sermone a iohanne damasceno; Table of Contents (DS526) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Indiana University, Bloomington (Medieval and Renaissance 15) |
Statements
Incipit liber gestorum Barlaam & Iosaphat servorum dei, editus greco sermone a iohanne damasceno
0 references
Franciscan convent of Arras (founded in 1223), with their contemporary inscription on fol. 60v (partly trimmed), "liber iste fratrum minorum Attrebatensis. qui furatus fuerit non absolvatur nisi eis restituat ablatum" and, late thirteenth century,"hic est liber fratrom minorum Attrebati".
0 references
signature on fols. 1r and 58v, "De monchaulx", early sixteenth century (perhaps related to Gilles Moncheaulx, who signed Arras, Bibliothèque municipale, ms 728, in 1565); bound in Ghent by François Duquesne (1830-1902); given to the Lilly Library by Mrs. Thelma Sansberry, 1984.
0 references
s. XIII(1); 1200-1250
13. century
1200Gregorian
1250Gregorian
0 references
Binding: Bound in late nineteenthcentury blind-stamped morocco over wooden boards, signed "DUQUESNE A GAND" inside upper cover, parchment endleaves; in a fawn cloth case.
0 references
Other decoration, ff. 1-60; f. 59 and 60 originally blank: Headings in red, small initials in red or blue with penwork in the contrasting colour, 4-line initial on fol. 1r in divided red and blue with penwork in both colors. Concentric rings drawn on fol. 60r with a slight sketch of a crowned king.
0 references
Script, ff. 1-60; f. 59 and 60 originally blank: Gothic Textura.
0 references
Layout, ff. 1-60; f. 59 and 60 originally blank: Once of approximately 270 leaves, 235 mm. by 164 mm., collation: i–vii8, viii4, with signatures in plummet ‘xxxii’–‘xxxiiii’ at ends of present quires iv–vi; 2 columns, ruled in plummet, 40 lines, 2 columns, each column 180 mm. by 54 mm. with 12 mm. between columns, prickings in both margins, script beginning above top ruled line.
0 references
Manuscript note: The ownership inscription on fol. 60v translates, ‘This book belongs to the Friars Minor of Arras: whoever steals it will not be forgiven unless he returns the stolen item to them’.
0 references
ff. 1-60; f. 59 and 60 originally blank: Some medieval side notes and list of original contents added on last pages; Medieval scribbles on fol. 59v including A sage home & son Ami.
0 references
ff. 1-60; f. 59 and 60 originally blank: Latin.
0 references
Incipit, ff. 1r-58v: et ad beatudinem tuam perducere dignare, per ihesum xpistum filium tuum amen.
0 references
Explicit, ff. 1r-58v: Cum cepissent monasteria construi.
0 references
ff. 59v-60: The "final two pages" of this manuscript include a detailed table of contents listing 25 different texts once bound up together into what was a composite and characteristically Franciscan volume. The list opens with ‘a certain sermon of Master Anselm on Job, addressed to King Henry of England, beginning "Vir erat ", followed by moral sermons, Sentencesof Hugh of St-Victor...
0 references
28 June 2023
0 references
28 June 2023
0 references