Jerome, Selected Letters

Italy, 15th century.

Parchment

i, 237, i' leaves

295 × 205 mm

Latin

1 (ff. 1r–224r) Saint Jerome, Collection of letters and other texts

Note:

ff. 224v–228v: ruled, but no text.

ff. S229r–S237v: ruled for two columns, but no text.

1.1 (ff. 1r–3r) Libellus fidei Pelagii

Edition: PL, vol. 45, cols. 1716–1718.

1.2 (ff. 3r–7r) Ep. XVII

Edition: PL, vol. 30, cols. 176–181.

1.3 (ff. 7r–31v) Commentarius in symbolum apostolorum

Edition: PL, vol. 21, cols. 335–386.

1.4 (ff. 31v–39v) Ep. CXXV

Edition: PL, vol. 22, cols. 1072–1085.

1.5 (ff. 39v–44v) Ep. LVIII

Edition: PL, vol. 22, cols. 579–586.

1.6 (ff. 44v–49v) Ep. XIV

Edition: PL, vol. 22, cols. 347–355.

1.7 (ff. 49v–57v) Ep. LIII

Edition: PL, col. 22, 527–540.

1.8 (ff. 57v–63r) Ep. XLI

Edition: PL, vol. 30, cols. 282–288.

1.9 (ff. 63r–64r) Ep. LXVIII

Edition: PL, vol. 22, cols. 651–653.

1.10 (ff. 64r–70v) Ep. LXXIX

Edition: PL, vol. 22, cols. 724–733.

1.11 (ff. 70v–81v) Ep. XIII

Edition: PL, vol. 30, cols. 163–176.

1.12 (ff. 81v–83v) Ep. III

Edition: PL, vol. 22, cols. 332–335.

1.13 (ff. 83v–84r) Ep. IV

Edition: PL, vol. 22, cols. 335–336.

1.14 (ff. 84r–84v) Ep. II

Edition: PL, vol. 22, cols. 331–332.

1.15 (ff. 84v–85r) Ep. XII

Edition: PL, vol. 22, cols. 345–346.

1.16 (ff. 85r–87r) Unidenfied letter

1.17 (ff. 87r–88r) Ep. XXVII

Edition: PL, vol. 22, cols. 431–433.

1.18 (ff. 88r–89v) Ep. XXIV

Edition: PL, vol. 22, cols. 427–428.

1.19 (ff. 89v–90v) Ep. XXVIII

Edition: PL, vol. 22, cols. 463–465.

1.20 (ff. 90v–92r) Ep. XLIII

Edition: PL, vol. 22, cols. 478–480.

1.21 (ff. 92v–95v) Ep. III

Edition: PL, vol. 30, cols. 50–55.

1.22 (ff. 95v–101r) Ep. CXXVII

Edition: PL, vol. 22, cols. 1087–1095.

1.23 (ff. 101r–106v) Ep. XXXIX

Edition: PL, vol. 22, cols. 465–473.

1.24 (ff. 106v–110r) Ep. XL

Edition: PL, vol. 30, cols. 278–282.

1.25 (ff. 110r–114v) Ep. CVIII

Edition: PL, vol. 22, cols. 960–966.

1.26 (ff. 114v–117r) Ep. LXXI

Edition: PL, vol. 22, cols. 668–672.

1.27 (ff. 117r–119r) Ep. LXXV

Edition: PL, vol. 22, cols. 685–689.

1.28 (ff. 119r–126r) Ep. LIV

Edition: PL, vol. 22, cols. 550–560.

1.29 (ff. 126r–129r) Ep. CXX

Edition: PL, vol. 22, cols. 980–985.

1.30 (ff. 129r–140v) Ep. CXVLIII

Edition: PL, vol. 22, cols. 1204–1229.

1.31 (ff. 140v–162r) Ep. XXII

Edition: PL, vol. 22, cols. 394–425.

1.32 (ff. 162r–168r) Ep. CVII

Edition: PL, vol. 22, cols. 867–878.

1.33 (ff. 168r–169r) Ep. LXXVI

Edition: PL, vol. 22, cols. 689–690.

1.34 (ff. 169r–181v) Ep. CXXX

Edition: PL, vol. 22, cols. 1107–1124.

1.35 (ff. 181v–184v) Ep. I

Edition: PL, vol. 22, cols. 326–331.

1.36 (ff. 184v–197v) Ep. V

Edition: PL, vol. 30, cols. 61–75.

1.37 (ff. 197v–199r) Ep. VII

Edition: PL, vol. 22, cols. 338–341.

1.38 (ff. 199r–201r) Ep. CIX

Edition: PL, vol. 22, cols. 906–909.

1.39 (ff. 201r–208v) Unidentified letter

1.40 (ff. 208v–209r) Ep. LXXXIII

Edition: PL, vol. 22, col. 743.

1.41 (ff. 209r–215r) Ep. LXXXIV

Edition: PL, vol. 22, cols. 743–752.

1.42 (ff. 215r–215v) Ep. LXII

Edition: PL, vol. 22, cols. 606–607.

1.43 (ff. 215v–224r) Ep. CXXIII

Edition: PL, vol. 22, cols. 1046–1059.

Physical Description

Secundo folio

quoque similiter execramur

Support

Binding/Endleaves

Locus: LCI, f. SL1, SR1, RCI

Support: Paper

Leaf dimensions: 295 × 205 mm

Watermark 1

LCI–SL1/SR1–RCI,

Motif: Beehive TUMBA

Textblock

Locus: ff. 1–237

Support: Parchment

Leaf dimensions: 295 × 205 mm

Foliation

Contemporary or near contemporary foliation in Arabic numerals.

Collation

Formula: 1-22(10), 23(8), 24(1+8)

Note: VisColl collation

Catchwords: Catchwords present, but lost on some quires due to trimming.

Condition

Textblock

Textblock dirty at the beginning and end, which may indicate that it have been stored without binding for some time. f. 1r: above the main text, signs of erasure.

Layout

Columns: 1

Written lines: 33

Written area: 195 × 120 mm

Note: Blind ruling. Last quire does not contain any text but is ruled in ink for two columns.

Script

Textblock

Hand 1

Humanist minuscule.

Additions

Binding/Endleaves

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

(f. SL1r) Upper part of page, in brown ink by a 19th century hand: ‘Sancti Hieronymi Epistolae xlii’.

Textblock

(f. 1r) Top left corner, in black ink by modern hand: ‘N^o 8 in 4^o ’; top margin, in brown ink by a modern hand: ‘S. Hieronymi Epistolae’; below the main text, in brown ink, perhaps by the scribe: ‘ οις αλυχω λιαν ευλυχω ’; bottom right corner, in brown ink by an early modern hand: ‘214. Nov. Num.’.

(ff. 3r–218r) Occasional corrections by the scribe or a contemporary hand in the margins. Letters numbered (2-42) in brown ink next to the rubric, date of hand unknown.

Decorations

Textblock

Description:

Main text in brown ink, rubrics in red.

Initials:

Space reserved for an opening initial over 9 lines and 2-4 lines at the beginning of each letter. Guide letters written in the margins.

Binding

Description:

Early modern binding. Light brown leather over wooden boards. 4 double raised bands and endbands. Spine, stamped in gold: ‘A 224’.

Binding dimensions: 310 × 225 × 60 mm

Tooling:

Simple blind tooled decoration consisting of panels and x-shapes.

Condition: According to a librarian's note from the 19th century the binding has been repaired. The front cover had been detached and the spine was very worn. Before the repair the spine had a sticker attached to it, on which ‘n^o 18’ was written.

Contemporary: No

History

Origin

Italy, 15th century.

Provenance

Provenance unknown.

Acquisition

The manuscript has been at the National LIbrary since the 17th century. The two signa on f. 1r refers to Jaches's catalogue of 1698 (U 122), where it is listed as ‘214’; and the catalogue of 1734 (U 125e), where it is listed as ‘Theol. in 4^o nr 8’.