Germany, Ansbach, Staatliche Bibliothek (Schlossbibliothek), lat. 155

Miscellany
Physical Description
  • Material: Paper
  • Pages: 85 leaves
  • Leaves Format: not available
  • Dimensions: 205 x 145 mm
Detailed Description
  • Foliation:
    New foliation.
  • Collation:
    2 IV^16 + 2 VI^40 + IV^48 + I^50+ IV^58 + (IV-1)^65 + (V-1)^74 + IV^82 + (II-1)^85.
    Old layer markings at the start of each new layer on ff. 9r- 83r (b - k, on f. 9r : "2^us quaternus").
  • Condition Description:
    Water stains.
    Some of the parchment folds have script on them.
    On ff. 50v and 76r , the text is partly cut off.
  • Decoration:
    On f. 27v we have a tabula of spheres according to Johannes de Sacrobosco , Tractatus de Sphaera. On f. 28r , one can find an earth map with the five parallel circles and the zodiac, the latter repeated on 28v . Red and brown Lombards, partly with Fleuronné (ff. 1r- 27r ), space for initials left empty on ff. 65r- 65v . Rubricated from f. 27v onward. Watermarks within the fold: unidentifiable circles.
  • Layout:
    Text is set in 2 columns in ff. 29r - 50v and 66r - 74r.

    39 - 56 lines to the page, except for ff. 1r - 28v (there: 27 - 34 lines to the page).

    The written area is 145-195 mm x 85-125 mm.
  • Hand Description:
    Older Gothic cursiva by six hands (ff. 1r- 28v by Ulricus dictus Mu^enderlingus [cf. f. 18v ], 29r- 39r , 39v- 50r , 51r- 65r , 66r- 74r and 75r- 85v ). The hands 2 - 6 are similar to those in the corresponding text parts in Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 28275, ff. 1v - 28v.
    Feather and ink changes.
    Titles and lemmata in textualis.
    Four later hands (postscripts): contemporary on f. 74v , late 14th century on ff. 50v and 65r- 65v and a 15th century bastarda on f. 85v .
  • Binding Description:
    Old half leather binding with red leather cover, rests of long-strap clasps.
  • Provenance:
    The origin of this codex is unknown, although on f. 18v , a scribe calls himself "Vlricus dictus Mu^endlingerus de Werdeo [Mündling near Donauwörth (Werdea)]" and dates: " 1358 ... In Gundelfingen [Gundelfingen in the county of Dillingen]". The fourth main hand dates " 1343 " (cf. f. 65r ).
    Old signature on the front cover: XXXXX. Thereafter, by a modern hand: "Moralia Auicenne " (read error, cf. f. 74r ).
History
  • Origin Date: Middle of the 14th century (1343/1358)
  • Origin Place: not available
Content
Albert the Great Secreta Mulierum 1r - 18v
  • Incipit:
    [D]ilecto sibi in Christo socio ac amico Reynaldo cleryco de tali loco ... Cum vestra favorabilis ac gratuita rogauerit societas ...
  • Explicit:
    ... et vita eterna ad quam nos deus omnipotens gloriosus et mangnificus [sic] perducat qui viuit et rengnat [sic] per infinita secula seculorum amen. Explicit textus de secretis mulierum finitus anno domini 1358 completus est per manus Vlrici dicti Mu^endlingeri de Werdeo In Gundelfingen in vigilia sancti Georij [= 23. April].
  • Note:
    In the margins, we have: "salutatio assit in principio sancta Maria meo". There are two marginal comments: "Nota pro cautela virorum..." (f. 1r ) and "Nota licet sperma dicatur non habere naturam ... sed sperma V^elrici est superfluum respectu sui ipsius" (f. 16v , bottom). A postscript on f. 8v contains the "De quatuor complexionibus humorum" ("Largus amans hylaris ridens rubeique coloris ..."), eight verses with the appropriate page titles. On the same folio, another postscript contains the four elements, seasons, temperaments, ages and qualities ("Conparate aer ..."), as well as a recipe against menstrual pain in the margins.
Anonymous Commentary on De Secretis Mulierum 29r - 39r
  • Incipit:
    [Expositio secretorum mulierum] [Homo generat hominem et sol] Istam propositionem scribit Aristoteles in 2° phisicorum in qua propositione tanguntur duo ...
  • Explicit:
    ... Vt autem. Hic recapitulat intensionem et capitula huius libri et patent in littera. Explicit expositio secretarum [sic] mulierum. [faded:] Amen sol Amen.
  • Note:
    Written by a modern hand.
Anonymous Quaestiones super Secreta Mulierum 39v - 50r
  • Incipit:
    [Queritur primo circa secreta mulierum] Utrum de secretis mulierum sit cognitio scientifica et arguitur primo quod non ...
  • Explicit:
    ... sed mulier emittit multitudinem seminum non bene digestorum ideo eius delectacio est maior extensiue etc. Expliciunt questiones super secreta mulierum.
Anonymous Alchemical Recipes 50v - 50v
  • Incipit:
    Recipe calcem vi salis armoniaci ...
  • Note:
    The text has Latin/Low-German notes.
Anonymous Commentary on De Substantia Orbis 51r - 65r
  • Incipit:
    [In hoc tractatu intendimus] Liber iste cuius subiectum est corpus celeste cum inclusione motoris dividitur in duo scilicet in prohemium et exsecutionem ...
  • Explicit:
    ... infinita in tempore siue in duracione etc. etc. etc. Expliciunt reportata libri de substancia orbis et completa anno domini M° c°c°c° xliij° in die[rum crossed out] exaltacionis sancte crucis etc. ... [= 14. September 1343].
Anonymous Expositio super Mineralia Avicennae 66r - 74r
  • Incipit:
    [ Aristotiles dicit in 4° methaphysicorum] oportet philosophum habere [above: posse] desiderandi de omnibus ...
  • Explicit:
    ... ideo relinquitur quod alchimee non possunt facere vera metalla sed similia quantum ad disposicionem. [Expliciunt reportata super minoralia [sic] Auicenne ].
  • Note:
    In the margins, we have: "sancti spiritus assit uobis gratia".
Anonymous Low-German Magical Recipe 74v - 74v
  • Incipit:
    Eyn kru^ot dat het verbenea tu lattine tu^o dude het dat yserenhavt ...
  • Explicit:
    ... so gheneset he auer nuch nodey etc. Explicit [made unreadable:] experimentum.
Anonymous Commentary on Alexander de Villa Dei , Massa Compoti 75r - 85v
  • Incipit:
    Postquam autor ponit prohemium in ista parte intentum suum prosequitur et procederit sic ...
  • Explicit:
    ... In iiii° anno cicli xix fiat embolismus notatur hoc versu: Mobilis ibo tifos etc. claps[...] [wiped] Explicit ... [repeated]
Anonymous Low-German Recipes 85v - 85v
  • Incipit:
    Wem de varn vt breken de neme wintworpe [i.e. moles] ...
Johannes de Erfordia Computus Chirometralis 19r - 28v
  • Incipit:
    [C]ognicio verta[tis erased] de pausis temporum [with cuts] circa motum solis et lune ...
  • Explicit:
    ... ac . ci . medii sunt id est sund medij gradus solis [...] [discontinued]
  • Note:
    In the margins, we have "salutacio" twice.
Theodoric Borgognoni De Aquis Medicinalibus et de Ablationibus Corporum 65r - 65v
  • Incipit:
    [T]estante philosopho scientia multiplex est per transitum philosophorum ...
  • Note:
    The text ends abruptly with the end of the folio.