Petrus Riga, Aurora

Denmark?, 13th century, first half

parchment

ii, 93, iii' leaves

270 × 125 mm

Latin

1 (ff. 1r–93r) Petrus Riga, Aurora

Rubric: Incipit aurorae? prologus de pentateucho

Incipit: Frequens sodalium meorum petitio

Explicit: Fit circumcisus se sociduio? eis [mut.]

Note:

The text ends in the middle of Judith.

f. 93v: the text on this leaf is almost compleatly erased, but originally at least half the page carried text, a rubric and some additional notes (perhaps later).

Physical Description

Support

Binding/Endleaves

Locus: ff. LCI, SL1–SL2, SR1–SR3, RCI

Note: Leaf_1 – Leaf_2 is a loose paper bifolium.

Support: Paper

Leaf dimensions: 270 × 125 mm

Textblock

Locus: ff. 1–93

Support: Parchment

Leaf dimensions: 270 × 125 mm

Foliation

Modern foliation in pencil. Sumans? sunt firmi

Collation

Formula: 1-8(8), 9(8, lacks 7-8), 10-11(8), 12(1+6)

Note: VisColl collation

Signatures: Quire signatures in Roman numerals visible at the end of quires 1-3.

Condition

Textblock

Parchment very stiff, dark and dirty. Text smudged an difficult to read in a few places. Contamporary repairs in many places, e.g. f. 69.

Layout

Columns: 1

Written lines: 50

Written area: 210 × 60 mm

Note: Guidelines in ink. Pricking (slashing) in the outer margin, as well the upper and lower margin.

Script

Textblock

Hand 1

Protogothic.

Additions

Binding/Endleaves

(LCI) Top of page, in brown ink by a modern hand: 94; centre page, in black ink: ‘Autor Sacri huius Poematii est PETRUS de RIGA qui clarauit paulo post Annum Christi 1100 Barthius Adversar. Lib. 31. Cap. 15.’; below in brown ink: ‘Stephanii hand’; bottom right corner: a read seal, motif not visible. According to a former librarian's note this is the seal of Magnus Gabriel de la Gardie.

(f. Leaf_1r) Centre page, in brown ink by a 19th century hand: ‘Petrus de Riga, Auora. Poema Sacum’; bottom of page by the same hand: ‘Har tillhört Stephanus Stephanius och efter honom Magnus Gabriel de la Gardie’.

(f. SL1r) In brow ink by a modern hand: 26 lines of text in Latin concerning the author and the present work.

(f. SL2v) Top of page in brown ink by a modern hand: a copy of the rubric and the first 10 lines of the Aurora.

Textblock

(ff. 1r–91r) Additions by various hands. Many are corrections and additions in brwon ink by the scribe or a contempory hand. 82v: longer additions or commentary. Others are later additions in ink or pencil, e.g. 1r

(f. 93v) Centre page, in pencil: ‘fr joh’.

Decorations

Textblock

Description:

Main text in dark brown ink, rubrics in red.

Initials:

(ff. 1r–89r): plain initials over 2-4 lines in red. Some initals carry traces of green pigment in the counterspace.

Binding

Description:

Early modern binding. Parchment over cardboard. 2 pairs of leather straps. Spine, in ink: ‘Petrus de Riga N^o 21’; in ink: ‘96’; stamped in gold: ‘A 169’. LCO, upper part of cover in pencil (faded): ‘Uppbyggelselitt’.

Binding dimensions: 280 × 140 × 40 mm

History

Origin

Denmark?, 13th century, first half. According to an earlier librarian's note the manuscript might stem from a Danish monastery. However, no evidence for this exists.

Provenance

Origin and early provenance unknown. During the early 17th century the manuscript belonged to Stephan Stephanius, who's hand is found on LCI. After his death the manuscript was purchased by Magnus Gabriel de la Gardie and was then transferred to the Antiquities Archive. The signum ‘No 21’ on the Spine refers to its placement in this institution. The signa ‘96’ (Spine) and ‘94’ (LCI) have not been identified.