John Wyclif, Theological and Philosphical Treatises copied by Jan Hus

Bohemia, 1398

Paper

i, 147 leaves

220 × 150 mm

Latin

Summary:

Stephens ascribes Tractatus de ideis and Replicacio de universalibus to Jan Hus, cf Stephens (1847), pp. 35–39. However Dziewicki (via previous research) argues convincingly that the first text is written by Wycliffe, while the other is by an unknown author, cf Dziewicki (1902), pp. liv–lxvi. According to Schieche (1979) there are 24 notes in Czech throughout the manuscript, found on: f. 11v, 14v, 23r, 29v, 32r, 40v, 44v, 52r, 56r, 58r, 60r, 64r, 77v, 95r, 96r, 103r, 117r, 125r, 127r, 132r, 135r. The glosses are transcribed and translated into English in Dziewicki (1902), pp. lxi–lxiii.

1 (ff. 2r–34v) John Wycliffe, Tractatus de individuacione temporis et instantis

Incipit: CApitulum primum supponendo tempus esse declarat

Explicit: quod peccat in spiritum sanctum subtrahendo ab eo oracionis suffragia

Final rubric: Explicit tractatus de indiuiduacione temporis et instantis quem composuit Subtilis vir magister Iohannes Wycleph

Note: The treatise begins with a summary of the contents, the treatise proper begins on f. 2v with: ‘Intrando de tempore sunt aliqua ex dictis strictis capienda’.

2 (ff. 35r–53v) John Wycliffe, Tractatus de ideis

Incipit: INtrando \tractando/ de ydeis primo oportet querere si sint

Explicit: quod omnis creatura et solum creatura habet ydeam propriam in deo

Final rubric: Explicit tractatus de ydeis ergo laus domino

3 (ff. 54r–77v) John Wycliffe, Tractatus de materia et forma

Incipit: CVm materia et forma sint vniuersalia mundi principalia restat de eis

Explicit: et in vtroque primorum graduum nullum ens dicit presens uel aliquam essenciam preter deum

Final rubric: Explicit tractatus de materia et forma Magistri Iohannes Vycleph O wicleff wycleff negednomu ty hlawu zwycless

Edition: Dziewicki (1902), pp. 163–242.

4 (ff. 78r–87r) Replicacio de universalibus

Incipit: Presentem agrediendo replicacionis materiam in 3^s partes distingo eam

Explicit: quia lycet rex diuiditur in regem viuum et regem mortuum et depcitum et tamen nec rex viuus \mortuus/ nec depictus est rex

Final rubric: Explicit replicacio de vniversalibus quam si quis bene perspexerit videbit multo meliores raciones pro eisdem quam contra eadem prime enim ducere procedunt alie vero cum ~~o- --lis~~ et cetera

Note: f. 87v: blank.

Edition: Dziewicki (1902), pp. 129–161.

5 (ff. 88r–135r) John Wycliffe, Tractatus de universalibus

Incipit: LIbellus de vniversalibus continet 15 capitula

Explicit: Pono finem huic superficiali tractatui de vniversalibus ad alios tractatus de rebus prime intencionis ad quarum noticiam sentencia ista apparit agressurus

Note: ff. 88r–89vcontain a summary of the treatise. The treatise proper starts on f. 89v with: ‘capitulum primum IN purgando erores de vniuersalibus et circa vniuersalia sunt 3a introductoria premouenda’.

Colophon: f. 135rExplicit tractatus de veris vniuersalibus Magistri Venerabilis Iohannis Wycleph Sacre theologie veri et magni professoris Anno domini M^o ccc^o lxxxxviii in die Sancti Ieronimi Slawy per manus Hus de Hussynetz amen tak boh day

Edition: Mueller (1985).

6 (ff. 135v–136v) Index

Note:

Alphabetical index keyed to the medieval foliation.

ff. 137r–147v: guidelines, but no text.

Physical Description

Secundo folio

foret tempus sua dominacio

Support

Binding/Endleaves

Locus: LCI, f. SL1, RCI

Support: Paper

Leaf dimensions: 220 × 150 mm

Textblock

Locus: ff. 1–147

Support: Paper

Leaf dimensions: 220 × 150 mm

Watermark 1

Locus: ff. 2–147,

Motif: Unidentified motif (possibly two versions).

Note: Possibly a tower with three notches. Somewhat similar to Piccard III, II, 1-41.

Foliation

Modern foliation in pencil.

ff. 2r–135r: medieval foliation in arabic numeral in red ink, 1-134. N.B. Many of the titles in the bibliography refers to the medieval foliation rather than the modern.

Collation

Formula: 1(1+12), 2-4(12), 5(16), 6(10), 7-12(12)

Note: VisColl collation. Parchment guards at the centre of each quire.

Signatures: Quire signatures in Arabic numerals a the end of the first quire and in the beginning of quire 2-9.

Condition

Textblock

Leaves affected by damp stains in many places, e.g. ff. 26–28.

Layout

Layout 1

Locus: ff. 2r–87r

Columns: 1

Written lines: 35–38

Written area: 180 × 155 mm

Note: Guidelines in ink.

Layout 2

Locus: ff. 88r–135r

Columns: 1

Written lines: 41–47

Note: Guidelines in ink.

Script

Textblock

Hand 1

Gothic cursive (the scribe is Jan Hus).

Additions

Binding/Endleaves

(LCI) Top left corner, in pencil by a modern hand: ‘A 164’; below in ink: ‘G. Stephens Britt. Hdskr. N^o XIII’.

(f. SL1r) Centre page, in brown ink by a modern hand: a table of contents crossed over in blue crayon, below a later note in Swedish: ‘Se Wyclif Society, 1901 och 1903’; bottom of page by a modern hand: ‘Apographum Johannis Hus de Hussynetz. 1398.’; below, in black ink: ‘Jachesius register: nr 13 in 4:o (index ms:orum ab igne servatorum). 1734 års Kat. Philos. in 4:0 nr 9.’.

(RCI) Upper half of (RCI): 20 lines of unidentifed text in a gothic cursive hand.

Textblock

(f. 1r) The page is ruled in ink for two columns. The entire left column and 5 lines of the right column are filled with a theological text in a rapid cursive hand. Bottom right corner, in ink: ‘13.’, ‘9.’. This leaf is attached to the first quire, but did probably originally not belong to it.

(f. 1v) Top of page, in ink in a modern hand: ‘Johannis wycleph Th. D. tractatus duo. 1^us de individuacione temporis. 2^us de veris ~~-tatibus~~ \universalibus/. ’.

(ff. 3v–134r) Marginal and interlinear additions by one or several contemporary hands (perhaps the scribe). Some leaves, e.g. (f. 7r), contain copious additions. The additions seem to consist mainly of corrections and additions of omitted text.

(f. 35r, 75v, 87v, 112r, 147v) National Library stamp.

(ff. 147Ar–147Av) This loose leaf seems to be written by the same hand and with the same type of content as the text on (f. 1r).

Decorations

Textblock

Description:

Main text in brown ink; rubrics in red; capitals touched in red.

Initials:

(ff. 2r–132r): plain initials over 2-3 lines in red. The opening initial C on (f. 2r) and the initial Q on (f. 26v) embellished with flourishing and an acanthus leaf in brown and red ink in the counterspace.

Binding

Description:

Medieval binding. Limp parchment binding. Spine reinforced with brown leather plate, through which the binding threads are stitched. Two decorated metal buckles attached to the spine. The outer edge of the RCO extends into a flap that partially wraps around the left cover. A brown leather strap (possibly of later date) is attached to the flap. LCO, in ink: ‘N^o 9.’; in ink (barely legible, here quoted from Stephens (1847)): ‘Magistri Johannis hus vnus tractatus de ydeis secundus replicacio vniuersalis eius de veris vniuersalibus’. Spine, printed on paper label: ‘XIII. John Wicliffe’; below in pencil:‘ autograph Hussii’; bottom of spine: fragment of a label.

Binding dimensions: 215 × 155 × 35 mm

Condition: Parchment warped and buckled. Signs of contemporary(?) repair on the RCO.

Contemporary: Yes