National Library of Sweden, A 140
Irenaeus, Adversus Haereses
France, 16th century, first half
paper
i, 242 leaves
275 × 205 mm
Latin
1
(ff. 1r–239v)
Against Heresies
1.1
(ff. 1r–64v)
Book 1
Hirenei episcopi lugdunensis contra omnes hereticos libri numero quinque
⟨Q⟩UATENUS UERITATEM REFUTANTES QUIDAM
sed et vulnerantes vndique bestiam
Explicit liber Hyrenei primus
1.2
(ff. 64v–118r)
Book 2
Incpit secundus Hec insunt in secundo libro redargutionis et euersionis falso cognomenta agnitionis
OStensio quod neque extra pleroma sit
in medio omnibus amantibus verutatem
Explicit liber s secundus incipi
1.3
(ff. 118r–165r)
Book 3
Incipit liberi terciius tabula
a quibus et quodadmodum ewangelium acceperit ecclesia
qui et solus est deus et pater domini nostri ihesu christi amen
Explicit liber tercius
Secundo folio
Narratio omnis argumenti
Support
Binding/Endleaves
ff. LCI, SL1, RCI
RCI is the last leaf of the textblock which has been glued to the cover as a pastedown.
Paper
275 ×
205 mm
Textblock
Foliation
Modern foliation in pencil.
Collation
1-3(16), 4(14), 5-9(16), 10(14), 11-15(16), 16(8, lacks 8)
VisColl collation
Catchwords by a contemporary hand written perpendicularly to the main text (catchword missing on quire 3 and 9).
Condition
Textblock
Some stains and wear throughout. Quires 4 and 5 are in the wrong order.Layout
1
28–39
215 ×
155 mm
Guidelines in brown ink. From f. 143 onwards the scribe starts writing more densely and the number of lines per page increases substantially.
Script
Textblock
Hand 1
Gothic semihybrida. Perhaps more than one hand.Additions
Binding/Endleaves
(LCI)
Upper left corner: blue seal with ‘Kongl. Bibliotekets sigill’ written on it; next to it in pencil: ‘A 140’; upper right corner, in pencil by a modern hand: ‘Hs är använd af H. Ficker och omtalas bl.a. i Theol. Lit. Ztg 1923, sp. 531/322 (abschrift des cod. Voss.)’; centre page: part of old label with title partially legible; beneath: label with signum ‘30.3.5.’; bottom right corner: National Library book label with current signum.
(f. SL1r)
Top left corner, in ink: ‘1734 års Kat. Theol. in Fol. No 18’; below in pencil: ‘1698: no 20’, ‘1695 no 241’; centre page in ink: ‘Hirenei Episcopi Lugdunensis Contra omnes Hereticos Libri V.’.
Textblock
(ff. 1r–239v)
Additions in the margin by a contemporary hand. The additions usually consist of single words, but are sometimes more subtstantial, e.g. (f. 50r). There are also some additions in Greek, e.g. (f. 1r). Throughout the manuscript are also notes in pencil by a modern hand, usually references to chapters in a printed edition.
Decorations
Textblock
Main text in brown ink, rubrics in red.
Space reserved for initials. A later hand has written the missing letter in pencil and ink (the latter may be the original guide letters by the scribe or a contemporary hand). (f. 210v): plain intial over 2 lines in red.
Binding
Medieval or early modern binding. Leather over cardboard. 5 double raised bands and endbands.
285 ×
220 ×
50 mm
Blind tooled decoration in the form of panels and acanthus columns.
Leather heavily worn. New leather on spine.
Origin
Provenance
Unknown origin and early provenance. The manuscript has been at the National Library since at least the 17th century. It is listed in Jaches's catalogue of 1695 (U 118:10) as ‘no 241’; in Jaches's catalogue of 1698 (U 122) as ‘no 20’; and in the catalogue of 1734 (U 125e) as ‘Theol. in Fol No 18’. The label ‘30. 3. 5.’ (found on LCI) is from Hammarsköld’s 19th century catalogue (U 133). The signum ‘132’ (partially visible on old label on LCI) has not been identified.
Statement of Responsibility
External Identifiers
Internal Identifiers
https://www.manuscripta.se/ms/100992
