Regula Salvatoris

Germany, 15th century

Paper

16 leaves

175 × 130 mm

Latin

1 (ff. 1r–16v) Regula salvatoris (The Birgittine Rule, the third-person version)

Rubric: Incipit regula sancti Saluatoris beate Birgitte diuinitus reuelata De humilitate Castitate et paupertate Capitulum primum

Incipit: PRIncipium itaque huius relligionis (!) et salutis

Explicit: et cogitent in cordibus suis quod terra sunt et in terram reuertentur

Final rubric: Finit Regula sancti Saluatoris

Note: The text corresponds to Eklund's sigma version.

Edition: Eklund (1975), pp. 146–172.

Physical Description

Secundo folio

quod ne defluat tres

Support

Textblock

Locus: ff. 1–16

Support: Paper

Leaf dimensions: 175 × 130 mm

Watermark 1

Locus: ff. 3/13,

Motif: Heart with a single line rod above (only partially visible).

Foliation

ff. 1–4and f. 15: modern foliation in pencil.

ff. 1–16: older foliation in dark ink.

Collation

Formula: 1-2(8)

Condition

Textblock

Paper darkened and worn. Upper outer corner missing on f. 15 (no loss of text).

Layout

Locus: ff. 1r–16v

Columns: 1

Written lines: 26

Written area: 125 × 80 mm

Note: Guidelines in ink. Blind ruling visible on f. 16v.

Script

Textblock

Hand 1

Hybrida.

Additions

Textblock

(f. 1r) Enclosed in the opening initial P, in ink by a modern hand: ‘Biblioth. J. Niefers, past. in Velen, 1829’; the same lines is repeated at the bottom of the page.

(ff. 1r–16v) Additions in the margins and between lines by one or several later hands (early modern?). The additions consist of corrections and short comments.

(f. 16v) Below the main text one line of text (colophon?) has been erased.

Decorations

Textblock

Description:

Main text in black ink, rubrics in red, capitals touched in red.

Initials:

(f. 1r): opening plain initial ‘P’ over 4 lines in blue;

(ff. 1r–16v): plain initials over 1-2 lines in blue and red alternatingly.

Binding

Description:

Modern binding. Plain grey paper cover. LCO, black ink on paper label: ‘16,225’; black ink:‘ A 538’; pencil: ‘B 4857’.

Binding dimensions: 175 × 130 × 5 mm

Condition: Half of the LCO is torn off.

Contemporary: No

Unknown provenance. Two identical notes on f. 1r places the manuscript in Velen in 1829. The two notes on LCO, ‘16,225’ and ‘B4857’, are thought to be derived from an auction or other type of purchase abroad, but it is unknown where and when this occurred.