Germany, Lüneburg, Ratsbücherei, Theol. fol. 76

Germany, Lüneburg, Ratsbücherei, Theol. fol. 76

Nicolaus Lucius Aesculanus(Nicolutius) O.P.Sermones dominicales annuales epistolares et euangeliares de tempore. Pred.
Physical Description
  • Material: Paper
  • Pages: II + 277 leaves
  • Leaves Format: not available
  • Dimensions: 280 x 200 mm
Detailed Description
  • Foliation:
    Old, faulty counting of the sermons, not continued until the end (last number: 109), located in the middle of the top margin (ff. 2r- 259v ).
  • Collation:
    (VI+1)^13 + 21 VI^265 + I + V^277.
    Reclaimers.
  • Condition Description:
    The cover insides were loosened and are now detached. Both cover insides and the flyleafs date from the 14th century .
  • Decoration:
    Ox head watermark (Piccard XII 247 [1403-13]) and two different heads. Red Lombards and paragraph marks. No titles for the individual sermons. Rubricated.
  • Layout:
    Text is set in two columns.

    36 - 43 lines to the page.

    Ff. 1r- 1v and 275v- 277v are without script.
  • Hand Description:
    Probably one hand, bastarda.
  • Binding Description:
    Old brown leather binding. Floral tendrils in the middle (single stamp) surrounded by arabesques (roll stamp). Five bosses to the front and back, each, and protective cornerpieces. Both clasps broken. Dark leather bookmarks.
  • Provenance:
    On the front cover, we have a shield providing a brown "E 7" signature. Above this, an old title is given ("Sermones dominicales annuales epistolares et euangeliares de tempore. Pred.").
    On f. 264r there is a scratched out old ownership remark, the name is completely illegible: "Iste liber pertinet ad libraria fratrum minorum (?) conuentus ..., nunc ad vsum fratris ...gard".
History
  • Origin Date: 15th century
  • Origin Place: Franciscan monastery Lüneburg
Content
Aristotle De caelo x1 - x4
  • Note:
    Originally front cover inside and flyleaf I (front side), now detached. This is the conclusion of book IV of the new translation. The beginning of the very same manuscript can be found on the cover insides and flyleafs of codex Theol. 2° 9 (Lüneburg, Ratsbücherei ).
Averroes De Substantia Orbis x4 - x6
  • Note:
    Originally flyleaf I (front side), now detached. This is the first part of the first chapter of the De Substantia Orbis.
Nicolaus de Asculo Sermones Epistolares et Evangeliares de Tempore 2r - 264r
  • Note:
    According to Fischer , a comparison of the first and last sermon of this series with Clm 93 (Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek ) shows conformity, apart from slight deviations. Here, usually the first general introductory sentences at the beginning of a sermon are missing.
Gregory the Great Dialogorum Libri IV x7 - x11
  • Note:
    Originally flyleaf II (back side) and back cover inside, now detached. This is chapter IV-VII of book I.