Johannes de Turrecremata, Declarations regarding some articles about St Birgitta's Revelations.

Italy, Rome, 15th century, first half

Parchment

iv, 19, ii' leaves

430 × 330 mm

Latin

1 (ff. 2r–19v) Johannes de Turrecremata, Declarationes super nonullis articulis de libris revelacionum beate Birgitte

Note: This text, except for the 123 articles, was often included in the beginning of many of the early prints of the Revelations.

1.1 (ff. 2r–3r) Introduction

Incipit: IOHANNES MISERACIONE DIVINA sacrosancte romane ecclesie tituli sancte marie transtiberim

Explicit: huius gloriose domine et amantissime christi sponse

1.2 (ff. 3r–4v) Pope Boniface IX's bull

Rubric: Sequitur bulla canonizacionis beate birgitte de regno suecie gloriose sponse christi quam dedit bonifacius papa nonus

Incipit: BOnifacius episcopus seruus seruorum dei

Explicit: Datum rome apud sanctum petrum nonas octobris pontificatus nostri anno secundo

Edition: Tomassetti (1859), pp. 616–624.

1.3 (f. 4v) Pope Martin V's confirmation

Rubric: Sequitur confirmacio canonizacionis beate birigitte per martinum papam quintum

Incipit: MArtinus episcopus seruus seruorum dei Ad perpetuam rei memoriam

Explicit: Datum florencie kalendas Iulii pontificatus nostri anno secundo

Note: See also SDHK, no. 19312.

1.4 (ff. 4v–18v) 123 Articles

Rubric: Capitulum vi de ordine procedendi in declaracione articulorum presentatorum coram iudice fidei et deputatis

Incipit: Hiis autem generalibus tamquam et communibus signis et argumentis adprobandum libros sancte birgitte

Explicit: vt huius deuotissime christi ancille patrocinio fretus a domino amoris gratiam consequi merear in presenti et gloriam in futuro Amen

Note: After the main text, in brown ink by Johannes de Turrecremata: ‘finis. ita ego confiteor ego Iohannes de turre cremata vulgariter nuncupatus presbiter cardinalis tituli sancte marie transtiberim olim sancti sixti’. Below this in ink, a large notarial sign.

Edition: Sacrorum conciliorum nova amplissima collectio Vol. 30, cols. 699–814.

1.5 (f. 19r) Ludovicus de Garsis, Certificate of authenticity

Incipit: Uniuersis et singulis christi fidelibus presentes litteras siue presens publicum

Explicit: Presentibus ibidem discretis viris domino Cubello millis de Cano Theanensi et amerito clerico Andegauensi testibus ad premissa vocatis specialiter et rogatis

Note: Signed by the papal notary Johannes de Castello and Ludovicus de Garsis. See also SDHK, no. 24916.

1.6 (f. 19v) Jacobus de Callio, Notarial instrument containing list of errors in the preceding text

Incipit: In nomine Indiuidue trinitatis patris filii et spiritus sancti Anno dominice Natiuitatis Millesimo quatringentesimo quatragesimo sexto

Explicit: testimonium me mea propria manu subscripsi et signo meo consueto signaui

Note: Below the text, a notarial sign in brown ink. See also SDHK, no. 24918.

Physical Description

Secundo folio

dubium quin sint

Support

Binding/Endleaves

Locus: LCI, ff. SL1–SL4, SR1–SR2, RCI

Support: Paper

Leaf dimensions: 430 × 330 mm

Textblock

Locus: ff. 1r–19v

Support: Parchment

Leaf dimensions: 430 × 330 mm

Foliation

Modern foliation in ink.

Collation

Formula: 1(1), 2(2), 3(16)

Condition

Textblock

f. 1r: stained, bottom outer corner has been cut off. ff. 2r–19v: leaves stained with some damage to the text, e.g. f. 1r. The initial on f. 2r has lost its gold. f. 7: hole in the leaf, no loss of text.

Layout

Locus: ff. 2r–19v

Columns: 1

Written area: 380 × 240 mm

Note: Pricking in margins, guidelines in lead.

Script

Textblock

Hand 1

(ff. 2r–19r) Semitextualis. Wiktorsson claims that the text was written by Johan Johansson, see Wiktorsson 2015, p. 60.

Hand 2

(f. 19v) Semitextualis.

Additions

Binding/Endleaves

(LCI) Upper left corner, National Library book label.

(f. SL1r) Top right corner in brown ink by a modern hand: ‘Inbunden år 1850’. Centre page in brown ink by a 18th/19th century hand: ‘Cardinalis Johannis de Turre Cremata Declarationes super nonnullis articulis de Libris Revelacionum Beatae Birgittae 1446’; below in pencil by a modern hand: ‘Original med egenhändig underskrift. Med uteslutande af de 123 artiklarna (d.v.s. 27 1/4 sida häraf) Tryckt i Revelationes Birgittae, som inledning. Var ursprungligen bunden i rödt läder, med aflångt sigill hängande på röd snodd (se sista sidan, rad 5-7)’.

(f. SL4v) Upper part of page in pencil by a modern hand: A 24.b.; ‘"Lemnades af förre ägaren, Biskopen i Linköping, Dr. A. O. Rhyzelius, til Cantzli-Rådet v. Stiernman, som qvarhöll det in til sin död uti Riks-Archivo: Af Baron Ribbing sedermera extraderat til Antiq. Archivum."’.

Textblock

(f. 1r) Upper part of page, in ink by a 18th/19th century hand: ‘Cardinalis Johannis de Turre Cremata Declarationes super nonnullis articulis de libris reuelacionum beate Birgitte’.

(f. 1v) Bottom left, in ink by a 18th century hand: ‘Andrei Olavi Rhyzelii κτῆμα anno m.dcc.xlv.’

(f. 2r) Top of page, in ink by an early modern (?) hand: ‘N:o 7’.

(ff. 3v–14r) Additions in margins ink ink by a contemporary hand (perhaps by the scribe). The additions seem to be corrections and often use signes-de-renvoi.

(f. 5r) Notes in Swedish in the margin in pencil by a modern hand: ‘här afbryter aftrycket 1492 och utelemnar alla 123 artiklarna 2[--- 2 chars ---] följande sidor’.

(f. 18v) Notes in Swedish in the margin in pencil by a modern hand: ‘här vidtager aftrycket 1492’.

(f. 18v) ita esse confiteor ego johannes de turre cremata vulgariter nuncupatus presbiter cardinalis tituli sancte marie transtiberim olim sancti sixti

(f. 19r) Two additions in the bottom margin in ink by a contemporary hand: ‘Johannes de Castello dicte curie notarius [--- 2 chars ---] ’; ‘ [--- 20 chars ---] ’.

Decorations

Textblock

Description:

Main text in black ink, rubrics in red.

Initials:

f. 2r: Opening dentelle initial I over circa 12 lines. Outlined in ink, gold in centre, contoured in purple and blue. The gold has almost completely fallen off or been removed. Some of the blue colour has faded or been water damaged. A complex foliate shape extends from the initial into the upper and inner margin. This shape is drawn in ink with details in gold, blue, and red. f. 19r: dentelle initial U over 2 lines. Similar to the opening initital. f. 19v: unfinished initial I over circa 15 lines. Outlined in ink, no colouring. ff. 4v–5r: plain initial over 4 lines in red with flourishing in blue. ff. 2r–18r: Plain initials in red over 2-3 lines (+ extending above and below the line).

Binding

Description:

19th century binding in brown leather with blind stamped decoration. Current binding was made in 1850. LCO, gold letters on red background:‘ JOH. DE TURRE CREMATA, DECLARATIONES SUPER NONNULLIS ARTICULIS DE LIBRIS REVELATIONUM S^tae BIRGITTAE’. Spine, stamped in gold, series of three crowns and: ‘A 24b’. A note on f. SL1r states that the text was previously bound in red leather and had an oblong seal attached to a red cord.

Binding dimensions: 445 × 345 × 20 mm

Contemporary: No

History

Origin

Italy, Rome, 15th century, first half. On f. 19v the corrector states the date 1446 as the date for the corrections.

Provenance

The manuscript was produced in Rome and later kept at Vadstena. During the 18th century the manuscript belonged to A. O. Rhyzelius, bishop in Linköping. It was given by him to the historian Stiernman, who preserved the manuscript at the National Archives. After his death (1765) the manuscript was transferred to the Antiquities Archive by Gustaf Ribbing.