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Porrentruy, Bibliothèque cantonale jurassienne, A2046 : Premonstratensian ordinary
No full textBound in parchment, this Premonstratensian ordinary was copied on paper, probably in the 16th century. It begins with a short prologue (Br), followed by a table of contents (Br-Cv). Next is the text of the ordinary, which corresponds to the edition of Pl. F. Lefèvre (L’ordinaire prémontré d’après des manuscrits du XIIe et du XIIIe siècle, Louvain, 1940). Several notes of ownership allow us to reconstruct the work’s route. According to a signature dated 1610 (Br), it belonged to the Bellelay canon and prior of la Porte-Du-Ciel, Jean Grosjean de Porrentruy († 1617). In the 19th century it was successively owned by Father Grégoire Voirol - Recuperavit ao 1802, G. Voirol, ? - , by P. Migy - ex-libris P. Migy, parochi Bruntruti, 1809, and then by L. Vautrey, par. Delemont (pastedown).Online Since: 2018-06-1
Genève, Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. gr. 42 : Galenus, De simplicium medicamentorum facultatibus
No full textThis is a 16th century paper manuscript with a watermark. The medical text contains the eleven books of Galen’s De simplicium medicamentorum [temperamentis ac] facultatibus. The narrow and «pointue» (pointed) script is reminiscent of that of Demetrius Moschus, a Greek humanist who was active in Venice and Ferrara (middle of the 15th century – after 1519). This copy is incomplete, as attested by several blank spaces intended to hold illuminated initials. The codex was purchased by Aleandre Petau in 1655. It was passed on to the pastor and theologian Ami Lullin and, after his death, it was bequeathed to the Bibliothèque de Genève.Online Since: 2019-03-2
St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 1344 : A manuscript with normative texts in Latin and German from the Cistercian nuns’ convent of Günterstal near Freiburg im Breisgau
No full textThe manuscript contains a number of normative texts from the Cistercian nuns’ convent of Günterstal, written partly in German and partly in Latin. It begins with a treatise on simony, in Latin and German, which was written by ‘brůder Johannes’ and dedicated to ‘der erwurdigen frowen von Mulhein’, presumably Veronica von Mülheim, who was abbess of the convent from December 1504 until her death in May 1508. Johannes may have been a monk from Tennenbach, the Cistercian monastery which had responsibility for the cura animarum of the nuns. The rest of the manuscript contains a number of translations of normative texts from the Cistercian order, including the Liber definitionum and the Ecclesiastica Officia. Their use for nuns is highlighted by the German translations and the inclusion of only relevant chapters. Many of these were also transmitted in the Cistercian nuns’ convent of Lichtenthal, near Baden-Baden. Although the convent was never formally reformed, the manuscript points to reforming impulses in the early part of the sixteenth century. The manuscript was bought in 1782 by the St. Gall monk Gall Metzler (1743-1820), parish priest in Ebringen near Freiburg, which was owned by St. Gall.Online Since: 2015-12-1
Hermetschwil, Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. membr. 9 : Liber ordinarius missae et officii
No full textThis manuscript has not survived intact: the beginning, the end, and several quires from the middle are missing. The Latin texts for prayers and instructions for the Mass and the Liturgy of the Hours occasionally are accompanied by rubrics in German that refer to local customs.Online Since: 2016-11-1
Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum, Cod. 1 (=Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Don. e. 253) : Johann von Indersdorf: Prayers from the Ebran-Gebetbuch
No full textA collection of German prayers, most likely copied for a lay patron ca. 1500-1520.Online Since: 2007-04-2
Zürich, Zentralbibliothek, Ms. B 96 : Collection of doctrinal theology lessons; diatribe against the Zurich Catechism, from about 1598.
No full textCollection of doctrinal theology lessons from the biography of Saint Gallus, which could be used to rebut protestant arguments. Author: a St. St. Gall monk of the 16th or 17th century. At the back: a diatribe against the Zurich Catechism, from about 1598.Online Since: 2007-12-2
Genève, Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 124 : Plutarch, De tranquillitate animi, Latin translation by Guillaume Budé
No full textThis manuscript from the 16th century contains the Latin translation of the tract entitled De tranquilitate animi by Plutarch, made by the French humanist Guillaume Budé in 1505. It is preceded by a letter from Budé to Pope Julius II, to whom the translation is addressed. The manuscript does not include illustrations, though the 16th century binding contains two scenes depicting the Virgin Mary: the Assumption of Mary and the Blessing of the Virgin Mary by the Holy Trinity.Online Since: 2010-04-1
Hermetschwil, Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. A 5a 1 : Hortulus animae, Prayer book
No full textAs its first, larger part, this book contains a print: Hortulus animae, Lyon: Johannes Clein for Anton Koberger, 1513. Joined to this is a collection of private prayers. The manuscript is from a convent of Dominican nuns.Online Since: 2016-11-1
Hermetschwil, Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. chart. 140 : Liber horarum
No full textThis book of hours contains primarily the Office of the Dead and the Office of the Virgin. The initials are clearly set off from one another by color and enliven the text.Online Since: 2016-11-1
Genève, Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 74 : Lazare de Baïf, De re vestiaria
No full textThe humanist Lazare de Baïf (1496-1547), ambassador of Francis I, is the author of the Latin treatise De re vestiaria, which in 1526 was the first monograph on antique clothing. This text, written in Latin and interspersed with Greek quotations - a language Baïf studied with Giovanni Lascaris in Rome - was widely distributed through editions printed, for example, in Basel by Froben (1537) or in Paris by Charles Estienne (1535). This handwritten copy in the Bibliothèque de Genève presents the complete text of the De re vestiaria, divided into 21 chapters and with numerous marginal notes, probably by the hand of Lazarus de Baïf (f. 79v), making it a particularly valuable textual witness.Online Since: 2020-06-1