In principio conuersionis cuiuslibet legenda sun exempla bona
et tempora subito commutant et de qualibet re transeunt ad aliam
After the main text, the seven rules are summarised with a seven line mnemonic poem, beginning: ‘Predicte (f. 4r) regule in his versibus breuiter continentur’.
Quidam religiosus in sollempnitate gloriosissime marie virginis
Anno currente videlicet Mo cccco liiio Durauit quoque reuelacio ista [...] Qui est super omnia deus gloriosus et adorandus Amen
Hic religiosus est ordinis cartusiensis vir litteratissimus bone fame et nominis permaximi et quod nomen suum subticetur humilitatis causa est et cetera circa confluenciam | Sit nobis propicius misericors deus In festo purificacionis marie factum | Hec visio examinata est coram apostolico et pluribus existentibus in eius presencia litteratis et famosis et cetera
Incipit prologus in commentum beati bernhardi abbatis de xiii gradibus humilitatis
IN hoc opusculo cum illud quod de evangelio dominus ait
tu in tuo corde quam in nostro codice leges Explicit Deo gracias
The main text is followed by two lines from the hymn ‘Gloria laus et honor’ and four additional lines.
f. 37vGunthero domino claustri erffordensis alumno confrater wernherus scriptor libri fuit huius Quorum christe bone crimina tolle pie Anno milleno domini cccco et lxo
Ex libro de serenitate consciencie qui sic intitulatur hortatur pater filium ut omnino se disponat prompte ad obediendum hortando ipsum per declaracionem auctoritatum sanctorum patrum
Primo nos inducit auctoritas sanctissimi benedicti in sua regula dicentis
Quod est castitas virginalis nisi? expers contagionis integritas
REdite preuaricatores ad cor (Isa. 46:8) uacate et videte quia ego sum deus (Ps. 45:11) ysaie xlvio Ineffabilis diuine bonitatis dignacio
Quod nobis prestare dignetur Qui cum patre et spiritu sancto uiuit et regnat deus in secula seculorum Amen
Same text found in Stockholm, Kungliga biblioteket, MS A 201, f. 134v-135v.
The text is followed by a short text titled V‘alde pulcrum exemplum de fratre quodam’, which is concluded at the bottom of f. 159v and linked to f. 158v with a signe-de-renvoi. The text begins and ends: ‘Retulit nobis nuper abbas quidam ordinis nostri de quodam monacho [...] compassio sepe miraculorum gloria remunerantur’.
25(ff. 159r–164v)Excerpts from Richard of Saint Victor
Nota Richardum de uirtute discrecionis
in tractatum super - adolescentulus sic dicente Tunc virtutes
aliena peccata sed sua semper aspiciat et deprecetur pro illis sine intermissione deum
Rubrics: f. 160r: ‘De multis inconuenienciis que in sancta religione modo fuerint et uersantur’; f. 162v: ‘De crucifixione religiosorum’; f. 163r: ‘de difficultate abstinendi a peccatis’.
Overall in good condition with some minor tears and staining, e.g. on f. 218r.
Layout
1
25–40
110/130 ×
65/75 mm
There is no uniform layout in this collection of texts. Some of the texts are provided with guidelines, others not. None of the texs are ruled.
Script
Textblock
The manuscripts contain texts written by at least 20 different hands, which all writte in gothic cursive at different levels of execution.
Additions
Binding/Endleaves
(LCI)
Top of page, in pencil by a modern hand: ‘223 bl’,‘ 217 ?’; left edge, in pencil by a modern hand:‘ A 198’; in ink by a medieval hand: ‘liber sancti petri in Erfordia’; ‘P 47’ (repeated on (f. 1r)); ‘In hoc libello continentur subsignata’ followed by a table of contents; below, one line of erased text (perhaps owner's signature), 3 lines of text in Latin (partially illegible).
(f. L1r)
Top of page, in ink by a medieval hand:‘ Liber Sanctorum Pewtri et pauli in erfordia’; below: ‘hermannus markreffe est nomen meum ’(beneath these two lines are 7 lines of erased, but partially legible text); centre page, in ink by a medieval hand: 22 lines of text beginning ‘Ex peccato originali relinquantur’.
(f. L1v)
Top of page, in ink by a medieval hand: Assit ??? (partially erased); below, in ink by a modern hand: ‘Till Kongl. Bibliotheket inköpt från G. Stephens 23/10 1848.’.
Textblock
(f. 1r)
Upper right corner, in ink by a medieval hand: ‘P 47’.
(ff. 1r–223v)
Occasional additions in the margins by different medieval hands. Some of the text have no additions, while others contain quite a few corrections or additions, e..g on (f. 6r) or (f. 37v). Sometimes the additions are by the scribe, e.g. on (f. 108v). In addition, there are several addition made in the texts or in direct connection to the texts. These are reported under Contents.
There are also additions in pencil by a modern hand, which identifies text passages with references to Migne ((f. 13v, 22r–30v, 74r–83r, 118v–149r)).
(f. Fragment_Ar)
A small parchment fragment or note containing unidentified text. Seemingly used as a bookmark between (f. 84) and (f. 85).
(f. 128Ar)
A loose paper leaf containing 13 lines of text on the recto and blank on the verso. The text, written in a semitextualis, begins: ‘Incipit preparatoria misse pro nouellis sacerdotibus feliciter’.
Decorations
Textblock
The many different texts contained in this manuscrip vary in stile, but the majority are written in brown ink, have rubriscs in red, and capitals touched in red.
Most of the texs are provided with plain initials in red, ranging over 2-3 lines, but other styles also occur, e.g. the cadel intials on (ff. 99r–99v).
Binding
Medieval binding. Brown leather over wooden boards. 3 double raised bands and endbands. Orignally, one clasp with brass catchplate. Spine, in ink: ‘4.’; traces of a removed label; stamped in gold: ‘A 198’.
170 ×
120 ×
55 mm
Complex tooling consisting of tripple-line frames filled with stamped motifs, such as flowers and fleur-de-lis.
Leather worn and darkened. Clasp missing. Pastedown on RCImissing, board attachment visible. RCO, signs of repair at upper left corner.
Germany, Erfurt, 15th century, second half. The manuscript carries contemporary owner's signatures and what may be shelfmark from the monastery of St Peter and Paul in Erfurt (LCI, f. L1r; ‘P47’ on LCI and f. 1r). In addition, on f. L1r a pesonal name is listed as a potential owner: ‘hermannus markreffe’. The text on ff. 22r–37v has been provided with a colophon that states that that particular text was written in 1460 by a ‘confrater Wernherus’ for ‘dominus Guntherus, alumnus claustri erforrdensis’.
Provenance
The manuscript appears to have been kept at the monastery until the secularisation. It is listed in the monastery’s library catalogue of 1783, see Theele (1920), p. 72. The manuscript was bought by Friedrich Gottlieb Julius von Bülow zu Beyernaumburg (1760-1831) around 1803 after the secularization of the monastery. In 1836 the manuscript was then purchased from th von Bülow estate by George Stephens.
