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Libra Esoterica

[Sacramental handbook]

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  • First published:
  • 14th century
  • Languages: German, Latin
  • Content type: ManuscriptPrimary source

Collection of sermons, religious treatises and handbooks, and poems.

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Astrology.

  • Astrology

    Controlled discovery queries from colenda matched “Astrology”. Retained metadata contains “Astrology” in the subject metadata, “zodiac” in the subject metadata, and “zodiac” in the edition notes.

    • Astrology· via Colenda Digital Repository — University of Pennsylvania Libraries
    • Astrology· in subject
    • zodiac· in subject
    • zodiac· in edition notes

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10th work, incipit (f. 53r): Quaeritur primum quid sit signum.; 11th work, incipit (f. 85r): In primis debet interrogare sacerdos penitentem ... (f. 123r) Sicut Moyses Amalech non armis sed orationibus expugnavit. Explicit Summa Berengharii.; 13th work, incipit (f. 135r): Que est ista ... [Cant. 6:9]. Hec est vox[sermons on the assumption, annunciation, purification].; 14th work, incipit (f. 144r): Hic narrat primo de mense qui Januarius appellatur.; 15th work, incipit (f. 147r): Considera quod hodie.; 16th work, incipit (f. 189r): Sacra scriptura continet de esse [recte, decem] precepta.; 17th work, incipit (f. 211r): Qui digne vult communicari.; 18th work, incipit (f. 211v): In inter cetera medici [on medicine related to the signs of Zodiac].; 19th work, incipit (f. 214v): Quot fecit in Babylonia.; 21st work, incipit (f. 218r): De dedicatione. Salus huic domui [Luc. 19:9] Solempnitas hodierne dedicationis.; 22nd work (f. 255r): Eusebius scribit ... Incipit fundamentum puerorum a magistro Thoma Erfordie compilatum ... (f. 264v) me scribebat Ulricus nomen.; 23rd work, incipit (f. 265r): Puer natus est nobis [Is. 9:6]. Sed hoc tempus ... (f. 278v) ut in hac parte terminatum libellus. Cui me scribebat Johannes [commentary by a student at Paris?].; 26th work, incipit (f. 292v): Ego aurem ad iura a domino perseverabo in confessione.; 306 leaves : paper, illustrations ; 211 x 144 mm bound to 226 x 145 mm; 4th work, attribution (f. 21r): Magister Andreas Hyspanus.; 9th work (f. 45r): Incipit speculum manuale sacerdotum a fratre Hermanno De almannia de Scildis sacrae theologiae professor ordinis heremitarum sancti Augustini.; Binding: Contemporary half pigskin over boards; guards are parchment manuscript leaves, one in German, one a leaf from a missal.; Decoration: Some sections rubricated, with some initials in red, illustration of the constellations of the zodiac (f. 264v).; Foliation: Paper, i + 306; [1-20], 1-24, [45-306]; contemporary or near contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto; modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto.; Latin, with a few lines in German.; Ms. codex.; Origin: Written in Germany from the 14th to the 15th century (Zacour-Hirsch). Dates in the manuscript include 1423 (f. 43v) and 1372 (f. 295v).; Related Work: Escobar, Andrés de, -approximately 1431. Modus confitendi; Related Work: Frédol, Bérenger, -1323. Summa poenitentialis.; Related Work: Hermannus, de Schildiz. Speculum sacerdotum; Related Work: Johannes, von Freiburg, -1314. Summa confessorum; Related Work: Thomas, von Erfurt, active 14th century. Fundamentum puerorum.; Script: Written in a Gothic cursive script by several hands.; Table of contents: 1. f.1r-18r: Summa confessorum / Johannes von Freiburg. -- 2. f.18r: Aures versifice [verse in hexameters]. -- 3. f.18v: Versus de facetia mensae. -- 4. f.21r-37r: Modus confitendi / Andreas de Escobar. -- 5. f.37r-v: Two poems, Primus est docere ignorantem [on seven works of charity] and O homo qui velox es ad mensam. -- 6. f.37v-39v: Queritur utrum pena mortis diminuat. -- 7. f.39v-43r: Sex documenta homini morituro multum necessaria et utilia in fine vitae. -- 8. f.43v-44r: Vocavit multos [unidentified text]. -- 9. f.45r-52r: Speculum manuale sacerdotum / Hermannus de Schildiz. -- 10. f.53r-82r: Tractatus de sacramentis. -- 11. f.84r-123r: Summa poenitentialis / Berengarius. -- 12. f.124r-133r: Speculum manuale sacerdotum / Hermannus de Schildiz [different section from 9. and in another hand]. -- 13. f.135r-143r: Sermones de B. Maria. -- 14. f.144r-146r: De mensibus anni. -- 15. f.147r-188r: Sermones de praecipuis festivitatibus collecti. -- 16. f.189r-211r: De decem preceptis. -- 17. f.211r-v: Preambula communicationis. -- 18. f.211v-214v: De VI signorum. -- 19. f.214v-217v: Sompniales Danielis prophetes. -- 20. f.217v-218r: Infans si natus fuerit in die dominico [and other days of the week]. -- 21. f.218r-254v: Sermones varii et exempla. -- 22. f.255r-264v: Fundamentum puerorum / [Thomas von Erfurt?]. -- 23. f.265r-278v: Compotus ecclesiasticus. -- 24. f.279r-288r: Sermones, incipit: Venit rex in templum [Dan. 14:9]. In principio huius sermonis. -- 25. f.289r-291r: Questio, incipit: Queritur utrum pena puragtorii infligatur animalibus ... per ministerium daemonem. -- 26. f.292v-295v: Prayers, miscellany. -- 27. f.296r-306r: Notabilia varia et sermones.; Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch).

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  • Penn Libraries catalog identifier: 9924875783503681
  • Physical location: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 750
  • Provenance: Formerly in the library of the Carthusian monastery at Buxheim (f. 1r).; Formerly owned by Johannes Wigg, parishioner of the village of Buxheim, donor to the Buxheim monastery library, and monk at Buxheim (inscription, Iste liber est domini Johannis Wigg, rectoris ecclesiae in Witenowe[?], f. 254v).; Six, Jan, 1857-1926, former owner.; Sold at auction at J. L. Beijers, 21 April 1959, lot 39.; Sold by Helmuth Domizlaff (Munich), 1959.; Sold in the collection of J. W. Six (bookplate, inside lower cover) at auction at J. B. J. Kerling, 16 Nov. 1925.; Wigg, Johannes, former owner.
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