New Testament

Bohemia?, Moravia?, 15th century

paper

i, 234, i' leaves

305–310 × 210–215 mm

Latin

1 (ff. 1ra–8va) Index 1

Rubric: Nota registrum super nowum (!) testamentum et cetera

Note: Index of readings from the New Testament keyed to the liturgical year and different liturgical feasts. Ends with the phrase ‘baba stara et cetera’.

2 (ff. 8vb–9vb) Index 2

Rubric: Sequitur registrum de sanctis primo de conuer⟨sione⟩

Note: Index of readings for different feasts.

3 (ff. 9vb–11vb) Index 3

Rubric: Item incipiuntur Epistole de communi et primo de apostolis Ezechielis

Note: Index of the Bible, divided into Old and New Testament, sorted in categories from the Common of saints and divided into two groups, Epistles or Gospel.f. 9vb: apostles; f. 10rb: martyrs; f. 11rb: confessors; f. 11va: virgins.

Colophon: f. 11vbNomen scriptoris si tu cognoscere velis Sit ter ar primum nolque secundum dusque supremus

4 (ff. 12ra–12rb) Prologue to Matthew

Incipit: MAtheus ex iud\e/a sicut in ordine primus ponitur

Note:  RB, no. 590. 

5 (ff. 12rb–30rb) Matthew

6 (ff. 30va–30vb) Prologue to Mark

Incipit: MArcus ewangelista dei electus

Note:  RB, no. 607. 

7 (ff. 30vb–41rb) Mark

8 (ff. 41rb–41va) Prologue to Luke

Incipit: LVcas nacione syrus antyocensis arte medicus

Note:  RB, no. 620. 

9 (ff. 41va–60ra) Luke

10 (ff. 60ra–60rb) Prologue to John

Incipit: HIc est iohannes ewangelista

Note:  RB, no. 624. 

11 (ff. 60rb–75vb) John

12 (ff. 76ra–85rb) Revelation

13 (f. 85va) Prologue to Romans

Incipit: ROmani sunt in partibus

Note:  RB, no. 677. 

14 (ff. 85va–93ra) Romans

15 (f. 93ra) Prologue to 1 Corinthians

Incipit: Corinthi sunt achaici

Note:  RB, no. 685. 

16 (ff. 93ra–100rb) 1 Corinthians

Note: f. 100v: blank.

17 (ff. 101ra–105vb) 2 Corinthians

18 (f. 105vb) Prologue to Galatians

Incipit: GAlathie sunt greci

Note: RB, no. 707.

19 (f. 105vb) Prologue to Galatians

Incipit: Ecclesie thessalonicensium in deo

20 (ff. 105vb–108vb) Galatians

21 (ff. 108va–111ra) Ephesians

22 (f. 111ra) Prologue to Philippians

Incipit: Philippenses sunt macedones

Note:  RB, no. 728. 

23 (ff. 111ra–112vb) Philippians

24 (f. 112vb) Prologue to Colossians

Incipit: COlosenses et hii

Note:  RB, no. 736. 

25 (ff. 112vb–114rb) Colossians

26 (f. 114va) Prologue to 1 Thessalonians

Incipit: Thessalonicenses sunt macedones

Note:  RB, no. 747. 

27 (ff. 114va–116ra) 1 Thessalonians

28 (f. 116ra) Prolgoue to 2 Thessalonians

Incipit: AD thessalonicenses secundam

Note:  RB, no. 752. 

29 (ff. 116ra–116vb) 2 Thessalonians

30 (ff. 116vb–177ra) Prologue to 1 Timothy

Incipit: Salutacio mea manu pauli

31 (ff. 117ra–119ra) Timothy 1

Note: Rubricated as 2 Timothy

32 (f. 119ra) Prologue to 2 Timothy

Incipit: Item thymothee scribit

Note:  RB, no. 772. 

33 (ff. 119ra–120va) 2 Timothy

34 (f. 120va) Prologue to Titus

Incipit: Tytum commonefacit et instruit

Note:  RB, no. 780. 

35 (ff. 120va–121rb) Titus

36 (f. 121rb) Prologue to Philemon

Incipit: Phylomoni familiares litteras facit

Note:  RB, no. 783. 

37 (ff. 121rb–121vb) Philemon

38 (ff. 121vb–127va) Hebrews

39 (ff. 127va–129va) James

40 (ff. 129v–132ra) 1 Peter

41 (ff. 132ra–133rb) 2 Peter

42 (ff. 133rb–135va) 1 John

43 (ff. 135va–135vb) 2 John

44 (ff. 135vb–136ra) 3 John

Note: Referred to in the text as ‘Epistole secunde Iohannis’.

45 (ff. 136ra–136vb) Jude

Note: Referred to in the text as ‘TErcia incipit epistola iohannis’.

46 (ff. 137ra–162ra) Peter of Poitiers, Historia libris actuum apostolorum

Incipit: Anno nono decimo imperii Tyberii cesaris

Explicit: que tu dicis Stans ergo

Final rubric: Sequitur Actus apostolorum in secunda parte

Note: On f. 152r one and a half column have been expunged, with comments on this on f. 151vb.

Edition: PL, vol. 198, cols. 1645–1722.

47 (ff. 162va–182ra) Acts

Colophon: f. 182raExplicit actus apostolorum per manus N et cetera baba sta Finis adest operis mercedem

48 (ff. 182rb–185vb) Commentary

Incipit: ⟨L⟩Iber generacionis ihesu christi (Mat. 1:1) [...]Requirit enim hec scriptura candidissimum pargamenum (!)

Note: The text appears to be a commentary or lecture. It starts with a discussion of Matthew 1.

49 (ff. 186ra–189va) Acts of Christ from Palm Sunday to Holy Wednesday

Rubric: Que christus fecit in die palmarum

Incipit: DIco primo quod hystoria passionis christi incidendo a die dominica

Explicit: et est nobis ex parte christi uirtuose in formacionis et cetera

50 (ff. 189va–216va) On the Passion of Christ

Rubric: Incipiuntur concordancie passionum super omnes ewangelistas passio sequitur

Incipit: SCitis quia post biduum pascha fiet (Matt. 26:2) Matheus xxvi nota quod passio christi scribitur a matheo

Explicit: Quod nobis concedat qui sine fine viuit et regnat in secula seculorum Amen Amen

Note: Excerpts from and commentaries on the Four Evangelists regarding the Passion of Jesus.

51 (ff. 217ra–231rb) Commentary on the Gospel

Incipit: Egressus ihesus trans torrentem cedron vbi erat ortus (John 18:1) scilicet ville

Explicit: ut in eorum generacione hic per gloriam et per gloriam in futuro ad quam nos perducat Amen

Note: ff. 231v–233v: guidelines, but no text.

Physical Description

Secundo folio

non tangere Finis

Support

Binding/Endleaves

Locus: ff. LCI, SL1, SR1, RCI

Support: Paper

Leaf dimensions: 305 × 210 mm

Watermark 1

LCI–SL1,

Motif: Beehive TUMBA

Textblock

Locus: ff. I–233

Support: Paper

Leaf dimensions: 310 × 215 mm

Watermark 1

Locus: ff. 1–233,

Motif: Oxhead, above single line rod with flower.

Note: Similar to Piccard II:3, XII, 67-73 (motif numbers tentative, exact shape of watermark difficult to discern).

Foliation

Modern foliation, numbers stamped in black.

Running titles in red ink.

Collation

Formula: 1-3(12), 4(1+10), 5(10), 6(12), 7(1+10), 8(10), 9(1+10), 10-13(12), 14(12+1), 15-20(12)

Note: VisColl collation. Quire 12 tentative, may consist of three singletons added to a quinternion. Parchment guards made of strips from an older manuscript.

Signatures: Quire signatures in the form of letters at the end of every quire. (Some hardly visible due to trimming.)

Condition

Textblock

Some staining and wear throughout. Noticeable book worm damage in places, especially on ff. 158–178 (this indicates that the book may have been kept open at this section).

Layout

Columns: 2

Written lines: 40

Written area: 220 × 155 mm

Note: Guidelines in ink.

Script

Textblock

Hand 1

(ff. 1r–181vb, 186ra–228vb)Gothic cursive.

Hand 2

(ff. 182rb–185vb, 229ra–231rb)Gothic cursive.

Additions

Binding/Endleaves

(LCI) Top left corner: National Library book label with current signum.

Textblock

(f. SL1r) Top left corner, in black ink by a medieval hand:

(ff. 12r–213r) Throughout marginal and occasionally interlinear additions by several medieval hands. The additions mainly seem to be corrections and become less frequent after the first half.

(f. 71v) A marginal note and some interlinear glosses in Czech.

(ff. 137r–162r) Chapter indentifications in pencil by a modern hand. On (f. 137r) a note in Swedish attributed the text to to Petrus Comestor.

(f. Fragment_1) A note placed between (f. 47v) and (f. 48r). One side of the note contains four partial lines of text in Czech by a medieval hand.

(f. Fragment_2) A note placed between (f. 124v) and (f. 125r). One side of the note contains eight partial lines of text in ink by a medieval hand.

Decorations

Textblock

Description:

Main text in dark brown ink, rubrics in red, capitals touched in red.

Initials:

(f. 1r): the index opens with a puzzle D over 5 lines in red and black on a yellow background. (ff. 12r–217r): chapters are opened by plain initials over 2-5 lines in red on a yellow background with details in red. Paragraphs have plain initials over 2 lines in red.

Bookmarks:

ff. 12, 76, 101, 137, 152, 182: leaf marks made of strips from a manuscript.

Binding

Description:

Medieval binding. Originally brown leather over bevelled wooden boards. 4 double raised bands and endbands. Brass corner and centre bosses. Two pin strap buckles. Spine, remnants of an old label (text not legible) 5 paper labels wiht text in ink: ‘136’ or ‘138’; ‘N^o 5. 1. Novium Testamentum Latine. 2. Historia ecclesiastica temporis Christi’; stamped in gold: ‘A 170’; ‘5.’; ‘e. 30. 2. 5.’; ‘131.’, ‘291?’.

Binding dimensions: 315 × 235 × 75 mm

Condition: Leather very worn (original colour almost completely gone). One strap missing, the second may be renovated. Several bosses missing. Boards exposed on edges. Original pastedowns removed.

History

Origin

Bohemia?, Moravia?, 15th century. The origin and dating is tentative. The scribe identifies himself (in a cryptic way) as Arnoldus on f. 11vb. The presence of phrases in Czech on f. 8va and f. 182ra, as well as glosses on f. 71va and Fragment_1 indicates an origin in Bohemia or Moravia.

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 X; in Jaches's catalogue of 1698 (U 122) as X; and in the catalogue of 1734 (U 125e) as X. The label ‘e. 30. 2. 5.’ (found on the Spine) is from Hammarsköld’s 19th century catalogue (U 133). The signum ‘131’ and ‘291?’ (also on the spine) have not been identified.