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New Acquisitions to the Medieval Manuscript Collection at Saint Louis

University: A Catalogue1
Ashley R. Ott
Heading
At the beginning of each entry the shelf mark of the manuscript is given in bold. The author and
title or genre of the work contained in the manuscript is then given, followed by the number of
single leaves if the manuscript does not exist as a codex. A brief note on place and date of
production is provided. Precise and probable dates are given when known; approximate dates are
expressed in notation for the century, qualified as early, middle, or late, or as first or second half
century or quarter century, e.g. s.xiv, s.xivin, s.xivm, s.xivex, s.xiv1, s.xiv2, s.xiv1/4, s.xiv2/4, 2.xiv3/4,
s.xiv4/4.
Contents
Works contained in the manuscripts are described in order of appearance; rubrics, incipits, and
explicit have been transcribed. When the manuscript consists of a single leaf or a number of
single leaves, the opening and closing lines of each recto and verso are transcribed. When
transcribing texts modern punctuation is employed, but original spelling and capitalization are
retained. The graphs u and v are consistently rendered as u. i and i-longa are consistently
rendered as i. Rubrics, large initials, and illuminated initials are indicated in italics, incipits and
explicit are rendered in italics. Double diagonal slashes (//) mark a text that begins or ends
imperfectly. Square brackets ([]) are used to expand abbreviations or to signal editorial
interpolations or explanations in the text. Ellipses ( ) indicate the text in-between each incipit
and explicit not recorded. If the manuscript transcribed is fragmentary, following each
transcription is a brief description of the leafs physical description.
Physical Description
The order in which the descriptive elements are listed includes the following: support; number of
folios in manuscript; page dimension in millimeters; page dimensions of written surface,
indicated with parentheses, also in millimeters; foliation; ruling; number of columns,
lines/column; any other codicological items. such as catchwords, pricking, quire signatures;
script; collation; notes about mis-binding, missing leaves.
Decoration:
The order in which the decorative elements are listed includes the following: larger and more
complex elements listed first; in descending order: miniatures, historiated initials, illuminated
initials, vignettes, borders; ink decoration beginning with initials; marginal drawings or inhabited
flourishes; paraphs, letters touched in wash or stroked in color.

1 See Elizabeth Staley Evans, Medieval Manuscripts at Saint Louis University: A Catalogue
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Binding
The order in which the binding elements are listed is the following:
binding material, date, animal type, color, decoration.
Origin and Provenance
All information from sales records and catalogues, evidence from the manuscript itself, and
information about former owners or original patrons are given when available.
Bibliography
References to printed treatments or other descriptions are provided when available. Abbreviated
references to certain standard works are used in the identification of texts include the following:
Abreviations
AHAnalecta hymnica: topen des missale im mittelalter, 55 vols. (Leipzig, 18861922), 47. AH
citations include volume, page, entry number.
BR
Breviarium Romanum ex decreto sacrosancti Concilii Tridentini restitutum s. Pii
V pontificis maximi jussu editum aliorumque pontificum cura recognitum, Pii
Papae X auctoritate reformatum. 2 vols. (Belgium, 1950).
CIC
Emil Friedberg. Corpus Iuris Canonici, 2 vols. ed. (Graz, 1959)
Derolez
Albert Derolez. The Palaeography of Gothic Manuscript Books: From the Twelfth
to the Early Sixteenth Century (Cambridge, 2003)
GR
Graduale sacrosanctae Romanae Ecclesiae: de tempore et de sanctis: SS. D. N.
Pii X. Pontificis Maximi jussu restitutum et editum: signis moram vocis
indicantibus diligenter ornatum: cui addita sunt festa novissima, ed. Schwann P.
(Dsseldorf, 1958) GR citations include section and page number.
LA
Jacobus de Voragine. Legenda Aurea, 2 vols. ed. Giovanni Paolo Maggioni
(Florence, 1998) LA citations include chapter and line number.
LU
The Liber Usualis, ed. The Benedictines of Solesmes (Tournai, 1938) LU citations
include section and page number
PL
J.P. Migne, Patralogia Latina, 217 vols. (Montrouge, 1859), vol. 77. All
references refer to chapter and page number.
Ruffi
Jordani Ruffi Calabriensis Hippiatria Nunc Primum Edente, ed. Hieronymo
Molin Forojuliensi (Padua, 1818), WorldCat. All references refer to chapter and
page number.
Stegmller
F. Stegmller, Repertorium biblicum medii aevi, 11 vols. (Madrid, 1950-70), 1.
All references refer to prologue numbers.
Vulgate
Biblia Sacra Iuxta Vulgatam Editio Quinta, ed. B. Fischer et al. (Stuttgart, 1994)
All references refer to chapter and line number.
Acknowledgements
Thank you to Susan LEngle and Debra Cashion whose support and mentorship made this
catalogue possible.

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MS 8, 35, 36, 52, 5561 55

MS 8ac
Gradual
France, s.xiii1/4
Contents: fols. 8ac. Gradual. Contains the following tropes from the kyriale: Lux et origo (AH
47, 7071, 12b), Cunctipotens genitor (AH 47, 50, 4), Rex virginium amator (AH 47, 6061, 8),
Rex virginium amator (AH 47, 6061, 8), Kyrie fons bonitatis (AH 47, 534, 5), Pater cuncta
(AH 47, 6364, 10). Contains chants from the following masses: St. Fabian, Pope and Martyr, St.
Sebastian, Martyr (January 20, LU communion 13371338), Common of Two or More Martyrs
in Paschal Time (LU Communion 1152), Mass of Two or More Martyrs Mass I (LU communion
1162 (not notated)), Posuerunt mortalia servor[um] tuorum (GR communion 149), Common of
Two or More Martyrs Mass II (LU communion 1166), The Common of Two or More Martyrs
Mass II (LU gradual 1167), Common of Two or More Martyrs Mass III (LU communion 1169),
The Feast of All Saints (November 1, LU communion 17271728], Quicumque fecerit
voluntatem p[at]ris mei (GR communion 74), Signa eos qui in me credunt (GR communion 220),
Ego vos elegi (GR Alleluia 146), Quod dico vobis i[n] tenebris (GR communion 44), Amen dico
vobis (GR 435, 116), Common of a Confessor Bishop Mass I (LU introit 1182), Misericordias
Domini (LU psalm 385]).
8a Contains the following tropes from the kyriale: Lux et origo (AH 47, 7071, 12b),
Cunctipotens genitor (AH 47, 50, 4), Rex virginium amator (AH 47, 6061, 8).
8ar: //cuius nutu cu[n]cta constant cleme[n]s eleyson. Qui solus potes miserere nobis (AH 47,
7071, 12b) Cunctipotens genitor Plasmatis hu[m]ani f[a]c[t]or lapsi reparator (AH 47, 50,
4)//
8av: //elyson. Ne tua da[m]pnatur ih[es]u f[a]c[t]ura benigne el[eyson]. Ambor[um] sacru[m]
spiramen (AH 47, 50, 4) Rex virgin[m] amator [ma]rie alme dicatas el[eyson]. O paraclite
obumbra[n]s corpus marie eleyson (AH 47, 6061, 8)//
8b Contains the following tropes from the kyriale: Rex virginium amator (AH 47, 6061, 8),
Kyrie fons bonitatis (AH 47, 534, 5), Pater cuncta (AH 47, 6364, 10).
8br: Kyrie el[eyson]. Qui dignu[m] facis thalamu[m] pectus marie el[eyson] (Rex virginium
amator AH 47, 6061, 8) Kyrie fons bonitatis semper astant pro mun[ine] angelor[um]
decantat apex el[eyson]. [Chr]iste celit[us] (Kyrie fons bonitatis AH 47, 5354)//
8bv: //n[ost]ris assis precib[us] pronis mentibus que[m] in terries deuote colimus ad te pie
i[e]he[su] (Kyrie fons bonitatis AH 47, 534, 5) Pater cu[n]cta atris el[eyson]. Ab utroq[ue]
dans spiramen el[eyson]. Kyrie el[eyson]. Miseror[um] (Pater cuncta AH 47, 6364, 10)//
8c Contains the following mass chants. Recto: St. Fabian, Pope and Martyr, St. Sebastian, Martyr
(January 20, LU communion 13371338), Common of Two or More Martyrs in Paschal Time
(LU communion 1152), Mass of Two or More Martyrs Mass I (LU communion 1162 (not

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notated)), Posuerunt mortalia servor[um] tuorum (GR communion 149),2 Common of Two or
More Martyrs Mass II (LU communion 1166), The Common of Two or More Martyrs Mass II
(LU gradual 1167), Common of Two or More Martyrs Mass III (LU communion 1169). Verso:
The Feast of All Saints (November 1, LU communion 17271728), Quicumque fecerit
voluntatem p[at]ris mei (GR communion 74), Signa eos qui in me credunt (GR communion 220),
Ego vos elegi (GR Alleluia 146), Quod dico vobis i[n] tenebris (GR communion 44), Amen dico
vobis (GR 435, 116), Common of a Confessor Bishop Mass I (LU introit 1182), Misericordias
domini (LU psalm 385).
8cr: //exibat et sanabat omnes co[mmunion] (LU communion 13378) co[mmunion]
Iustor[um] anime (LU 1162) co[mmunion] Posuerunt mortalia co[mmunion] Et si coram
hominib[us] (LU 1166) co[mmunion] Anima nostra sicut passer (LU 1167) co[mmunion]
Dico (LU 1169)//
8cv: //autem vobis amicis meis ne terreamini abhiis qui vos persequ[n]tur (LU 1169)
co[mmunion] Beati mu[n]do corde (LU 1727) co[mmunion] Quicumque fecerit voluntatem
(GR 74) co[mmunion] Signa e eos qui in me credunt (GR 220) co[mmunion] Egi vis elegi
(GR alleluia146) co[mmunion] Quod dico vobis i[n] tenebris (GR Comm. 44)
co[mmunion] Amen dico vobis (GR 435, 116) (introit) Statuit ei dominus testamentum
ps[alm] Misericordias d[omi]ni in (LU 385)//
Physical Description: Parchment; 3 single leaves, 330 x 240 (222 x 160) mm. 8a and b are
contiguous (a separated bifolium). Written in dark brown ink, no ruling visible; Roman numerals
appear on upper outer corner of each verso in dark brown ink of the same hand (?) 8a: xx/
viii.xiiii 8b: xx/viii.xv 8c: xx/vii.xv. 10 lines of text with music. Torn on edges and in corners.
Script: Written in gothic textualis formata. The music is standard square notation, using the C
clef and written on 4line red staves.
Acknowledgements: Special thanks to Debra Cashion and Kathleen Sewright for their generous
assistance with these fragments.
Decoration: 5-line initials in red and blue ink with flourishing and infilling in the opposite color;
1-line initials in alternating red and blue ink. 5-line red and brown initials on 8c with strapwork
decoration and added face; alternating red and blue capitals in text signal beginnings of chants.
Line filler and rubrics in red. Assorted descenders in bottom line of text terminate in penwork
faces.
Origin and Provenance: Gift of Gail Fischmann, 1962
2 No source for this communion is found in the LU. The GR has one witness to this chant found on the
feast of June 12, S. Joannis a S. Facundo Confessoris. The Missa and Introit provide chants from
alternative masses; this Missa is also found in the Commune Confessoris non Pontificis, and the Introit, in
Commune plurimorum Martyrum. All subsequent citations for chants not located in LU are cited using
the GR. GR references will contain incipit and page reference in GR.

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MS 35ac
Book of hours, Use of Coutances
Coutances, s.xvin or s.xv1/4 (1420) different from library catalogue date 14601470
Contents: fols. 35ac: Book of hours, Use of Coutances.
35a rv: Calendar, in French, graded in red, blue, and brown inks; major feasts in red. Feasts
include: The Translation of Saint Martin 9 lessons, in red (July 4), Saint Sevoir (July 6), The
Translation of Saint Thomas (July 7), The Translation of Saint Benedict (July 11), The dedication
of the Church of Coutances, in red (July 12), The Martyr Saint Clair de myd (major double ?), in
red (July 18), Saint Margaret the virgin (July 20), Saint Victor the Martyr 9 lessons (July 21),
Marie Magdalene de myd (major double ?), in red (July 22), Saint Apollinaris bishop (July 23),
Saint Christine the virgin (July 24), Saint James the apostle, Saint Christopher, in red (July 25),
Saint Anne de myd (major double ?), in red (July 26), the Seven Sleepers (July 27), Saint
Samson bishop (July 28), Saint Martha hosteliere de jhu (July 29), Saint Germain bishop (July
31).
160 x 109 (85 x 60) mm. Recto: Labor of the month depicted as reaping or mowing in bottom
left corner; the man holds a scythe. Illustration framed by gold horseshoeshaped border. Threesided vegetal borders with gold, red, and blue ivy leaf vinescroll with bar border along inner
columns. Large initials KL (calends) begin this calendar in pink and blue with gold. Verso: The
zodiacal sign for July (Leo) incorrectly represented here by Cancer (June) in a dark brown ink.
Upper border includes a winged dragon with two feet. The head of this creature is left
unexecuted, but visible sketching suggests a mans head, on top of which is illustrated a light
orange hood.
35b rv: Incomplete Penitential Psalm 50 (51) Miserere in Latin: [mun] //dabor lavabis me et
sup[er] nivem de albabor Auditui meo dabis gaudium et letitiam et exultabunt ossa humiliate
Averte faciem tuam a p[ecca]tis meis et omnes iniquitates meas dele Cor mundum crea in me
deus sp[iritu]m rectum innova in visceribus meis Ne proicias me a facie tua et sp[iritu]m
s[an]c[tu]m tuu[m] ne auferas a me Redde m[ihi] laetitiam salutaris tui et sp[irit]u principali
confirma me Docebo iniquos vias tuas et i[m]pii ad te convertentur Libera me de sanguinibus
deus deus salutis mee et exultabit lingua mea iustitiam tuam Domine labia mea aperies et os
meum adnuntiabit laude[m] tua[m] Q[uonia]m si voluisses sacrificium dedissem utiq[ue]
holocaustis non delectaberis Sacrificium deo spiritus contribulatus cor contrictum et humiliatum
deus non despicies Benigne fac Domine i[n] bona voluntate tua syon ut edificent [ur muri
Hierusalem]// [psalm 50]
160 x 113 (90 x 60) mm. Psalm initials in gold on alternating pink and blue squared grounds.
Pink and blue line-fillers and white tracery. Three-sided vegetal borders with gold, red, and blue
ivy leaf vinescroll. A bar border along inner column. One-line initials in brushed gold alternate
on squared blue and rose grounds. Recto: bar topped by two acanthus leaves; ends with two
leaves and a stamen. Verso: bar topped by a winged dragon with two feet, its head adorned with a
feathered headdress; ends in a vegetal composition. The bottom of this bar border ends with a
large orange leaf, framed with blue leaf sprouts.

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Physical Description: Parchment; 2 single leaves from the same manuscript. These leaves are
not consecutive. 160 x 110 (90 x 60) mm; prickings visible along inner margin, see especially
35a; ruled horizontally and vertically in a pinkish brown ink; one column of text of varying lines
(1516); discoloration and wear around margins, especially dark reside near previous binding.
Script: The text is written in a gothic hybrid script of medium quality
Decoration: Three-sided vegetal borders with flowers and acanthus sprays in brushed gold, dark
and light blues, deep red, rose, and yellow. Blue and mauve flowers on hair-line stems Probably
written and illuminated in Northwestern France, Coutances.
Origin and Provenance: Donated to the St. Louis University, Pius XII Memorial Library,
Special Collections by Father Heiser (?) of St. Marys College, Kansas; this University closed in
1968.

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MS 36
Gregory the Great, Dialogues
Central Europe, s. xvi
Contents: fols. 36ab: Gregory the Great, Dialogues. PL 77.340d344d, 77.353a357b.
36a r: //utraque candelabra ante su[um lectum consistentem] Deo et// [PL 77.340d341d]
36a v: //laudibus diebus ac noct[ibus vacare] et tamen ea tundere meli[orando non desinit]//
[PL 77.341d344d]
290 x 185 (212 x 128) mm. Two small prickings along outer margin. Recto: detritus stuck to
inner margin where folio was glued down. Trace of blue coloring around small holes in outer
margin. Thread remnants left near inner lower margin. Verso: the letter m written in dark ink at
lower margin. Large thread remnant exposed in inner margin fold. Red strikethrough of text in
lower inner column.
36b r: //vitae namq[ue] [venerabilis Velentinus] morte preuentus fue[rit]// [PL 77.353a356b]
36b v: //[fue]rit justitia non auferetur corporum beatitudine per[fruuntur]// [PL 77.356b357b]
296 x 185 (210 x 128) mm. Small holes near upper outer margin; two small rounded holes in
middle of inner text column. Recto: folio folded on inner margin. Verso: detritus stuck to inner
and lower margins where folio was glued down.
Physical Description: Parchment; 2 leaves from the same manuscript, rescued from a book
binding in St. Louis University Library. These leaves are not consecutive. Book number IIII
written at the top of all leaves in red ink, but no pagination or chapter numbers are given;
prickings visible along upper middle margin and outer margin, especially distinct on 36a verso;
faint trace of lead ruling eight lines down mid-folio on 36a verso; two columns of text of varying
lines (4246). Inner margins are folded over to fit older bindings. Discoloration, wear, and fading
caused by the paste used on the faces of 36a recto and 36b verso; opposing sides are in excellent
condition.
Script: The text is written in a gothic hybrid script of medium quality
Decoration: Alternating red and blue 2-line initials are inserted within each text column and
signal the beginning of new paragraphs in the Dialogues. Accompanying each 2-line initial is
either the interlocutors name Petrus or Gregorius (in red). The beginning of each major text
break is touched in red.
Origin and Provenance: Rescued from a binding; according to Rob Dckers, likely Germany,
15th century.
Bibliography: Finch, Chauncey E. "Fragments of a Manuscript of the Dialogues of Gregory the
Great," in Abstracts xxxvxxxvi. Proceedings of the Seventieth Annual Meeting of the

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American Philological Association, ed. George D. Hadzsits 69 (1938). Haverford: Johns Hopkins
UP, 1938.
MS 52a
Breviary
Italy, s.xiv
Contents: fol. 52: Breviary. Contains Feria vi in Parasceve (Good Friday) through Sabbato
sancto (Holy Saturday) with verses from Lamentations.
52r: //sine (?). D[ominus] tecu[m] ad p[ri]mam ps[alm] De[us] i[n] no[mine] (psalm 53)
ps[alm] Misere[re] (psalm 50[?]) ps[alm] lege[m] pone (psalm 118) ps[alm] misere[re]
(psalm 50?) ps[alm] Defecit (psalm 118 vi), ps[alm] mirabilia (psalm 118 ix) ps[alm]
credidi (psalm 115) Sabbato (Holy Saturday) ps[alm] Cu[m] invocare[m] (psalm 4)
ps[alm] D[omi]ne q[ui]s habitabit (psalm 14) ps[alm] Cons[er]ua me (psalm 15) Aleph
Quomo[do] obscuratu[m] e[st] aur[um] mutat[es] e[st] color (Lamentations 4:1)// [Feria vi In
Parasceve (Good Friday), Sabbato sancto (Holy Saturday), Lamentations 4:1].
52v: //optim[us] disp[er]sis su[n]t lapides He Qui vesceba[n]t[ur] (Lamentations 4:5) Het
Denigrata (Lam. 4:8) syon et deuorauit fu[n]dam[en]ta// [Lamentations 4:14:11]
Physical Description: Parchment; single leaf, 133 x 95 (87 x 74) mm.; prickings visible; ruled
in lead; written in two columns of 30 lines, in dark brown ink. Leaf has irregular margins. Recto:
slight dark discoloration on outer and inner margins. Two corrections written in a dark ink along
outer text margin. Verso: minor discolorations.
Script: Written in gothic textualis formata in a dark brown ink.
Decoration: Alternating simple red and blue two-line initials at large textual divisions, placed
within a space left by scribe and delimited on right side by two vertical red lines. Rubrics in red.
Some capitals touched in yellow. Various red and black hyphens near text columns throughout.
Origin and Provenance: Society of Foliophiles, NY. A description of this leaf from the
foliophiles folder reads the following:
FROM A BREVIARY MANUSCRIPT
Of the 15th Century or earlier. Experts disagree as to its origin, whether French or
Flemish, but agree that different portions show the work of different hands. It is a
beautiful, if not distinguished, example of the miniature religious MSS comparatively
common in the Middle Ages but now so rare. The vellum is of the finer quality known as
uterine, and apart from the smudginess imparted by countless devout thumbs is in
almost as good condition as it was five centuries ago. The lettering is miniscule with
initials in red and blue.
This manuscript leaf was removed from the folio file collection of Printed Pages from European
Literature. A note of its removal from this file reads the following:

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On October 21, 2008, the manuscript leaf (leaves) was/were removed from this folder and
transferred to the manuscript collection. The objects will be archivally stored, catalogueued, and
assigned a shelfmark. Documentation of the original context will be preserved on file.

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MS 55 ac
Ferial Psalter
Spain (?)
Contents: fols. 55ac; Ferial Psalter. Contains psalms 33:1034:3 (fol. 55a), 36:436:20 (fol.
55b), and 108:19108:31 (fol. 55c); Antiphons (fol. 55cv); Responses (fol. 55cv); and Verses
(fol. 55cv).
55a r: //q[uonia]m non est inopia timentib[us] eum Diuites egueru[n]t et esurieru[n]t
Clamav[er]unt iusti et dominus exaudiuit eos et ex omnibus tribulationib[us] eorum lib[er]auit
eos// [psalm 33:1033:19]
55a v: //Iuxta est d[omi]n[u]s his qui tribulatu sunt corde antiphon Rectos decet collaudatio.
antiphon Expugna [impugnantes me] Psalmus d[avi]d (psalm 34) Iudica domine nocentes me
Effunde frameam et conclude adv[er]sus eos qui p[er]sequuntur me dic// [psalm 33:2034:3]
MS 55a 261 x 168 (151 x 90) mm: Recto. Large vegetal bar-border that extends the length of the
inner text column. In-filled with dark red, blue, and gold inks of a later artist. Outer gold vertical
line burnished, while inner gold line is brushed gold. Each tip terminates with green, red, and
blue sprigs with bezant. A large, skilled drawing, of a man kneeling at prayer. To his left is a gold
crest (burnished) with three red stripes, above which sits a golden crown inset with pearls. A later
hand at the basdepage has written in pencil Florence, c. 1490.
55b r: //petitione[s] cordis tui Reuela domino uiam tuam et Obseruabit peccator iustum et
stridebit sup[er] eum dentibus suis// [psalm 36:436:12]
55b v: //Dominus aut[em] inridebit eum quoniam prospicit q[uoniam] ueniet dies eius inimici
u[er]o domini mox honorificati fuerint et exaltati defeci[entes]// [psalm 36:1336:20]
55b 261 x 164 (152 x 91) mm.: Small binding traces visible along inner margin. Recto: a larger,
skilled drawing of a woman kneeling in prayer. Her breasts and stomach are exposed, while her
hips and legs are draped with a red and white cloth. Her long brown hair extends from her head
to her knees, her head and ears covered with a red, blue, pink, and brown turban. To her right is a
coat of arms described as lozengeshaped azure, a griffin sergeant/rampant, or. Atop the crest is
a crown with red and white detail. A later hand at the basdepage has written in pencil Florence
1490.
55c r: o //p[er]it[ur] et sicut zona se[m]p[er] p[reae]cingit[ur] et tu domine fecisti eam//
[psalm 108:19108:27]
55c v: //maledice[n]t illi et tu benedice[s] q[u]i qui a[d]stit a dextris paup[er]is ut salua[m]
fac[er]et a p[er]sequentib[us] a[n]i[m]am meam (psalm 108:28108:31) a[ntiphone]
Confitebur domino nimis inuita mea a[ntiphone] D[omi]ne exaudi or[ati]one[m] mea[m]
t[em]p[o]r[e] pas[chali] a[ntiphone] All[elui]a all[elui]a all[elui]a v[erse] Gauisi sunt discipuli
all[elui]a r[esponse] Viso d[omin]o all[elui]ape ad ue a Egredietur dominus de loco
s[an]c[t]o suo r[esponse] ad laude[m] a[ntiphone] Benigne fac in bona uolu[n]tate//

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55c 260 x 165 (150 x 90) mm.: Small binding traces visible along inner margin. A small crease
along lower margin. Two dark rectangular marks along upper and outer margins (tape residue ?)
especially visible on the verso. Recto: eight 1-line initials burnished in gold with red, blue, and
yellow infilling with gold tracery. Each designates the beginning a new psalm verse. Unusual,
geometrical gold (brushed), red, and blue line filler designs. Verso: four 1-line initials; one linefiller and alternating blue and gold (brushed) liturgical abbreviations. Pencil written in a
contemporary hand, along the inner margin, reads p x 10 --789. A small pencil x along inner
lower corner; a small triangle along lower outer corner.
Physical Description: Parchment, 3 single leaves from the same manuscript. These leaves are
not consecutive. 261 x 164 (150 x 90) mm.; two foliations in modern pencil (lower outer margin
of 55a recto reads 3 (1) and 55b verso reads 3 (2); a later hand has written in pencil Florence, c.
1490 at the basdepage of 55a verso and 55b recto; no visible prickings; ruled horizontally and
vertically in brown ink; one text column with 18 lines, in brown ink. Small binding traces visible
along inner margin.
Decoration: Large vegetal bar-border that extends the length of the inner text column. In-filled
with dark red, blue, and gold inks of a later artist. Outer gold vertical line burnished, while inner
gold line is brushed gold. Each tip terminates with green, red, and blue sprigs with bezant. Large
2-line boxed initial with red, blue, green and burnished gold filling indicates the beginning of
new psalm (55av). Small 1-line boxed gold initial with blue, red, and gold infilling (both
burnished and brushed); each includes gold tracery and signifies the beginning of a new verse.
Unusual, geometrical gold (brushed), red, and blue line filler designs. Later red and blue ink
gilding traces along outer margins of parchment.
Script: Written in southern textualis libreria.
Origin and Provenance: No known provenance3

3 Scott Gwara has noted that a similar leaf of MS 55 is held at Otterbein College, Ohio.

Evidence shows that this leaf is indeed a sister leaf to MS 55, which directly precedes MS 55a,
with the following incipits and explicits:Recto: respe //xit super om[n]es qui habitant t[er]ram
que[m]admodu[m] sp[er]avi[mus] in te [Psalm 32:1432:22]
Verso: Benedicam d[omi]n[u]m i[n] o[mn]i te[m]pore semp[er] laus eius in ore me Timete
dominum omnes s[an]c[t]i ei[us] [Psalm 33:233:10]

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MS 56
Bible
Paris, s. xiiiin or s.xiii1/4 1220
Contents: fols. 1236: Bible, incomplete. The order of the contents is as follows: fols. 1r10r
Proverbs (prologue missing); fols. 10v12v Song of Songs (prologue missing); fols. 12v16r
Ecclesiastes (462); fols. 1635 Ecclesiasticus (prologue missing); fols. 35v42r Wisdom
(prologue missing); fols. 42r54r Job (prologue proceeds book of Job 349); fols. 54r57r Osee
(500, 507); fols. 57r58v Joel (511, 510, 510.1); fols. 58v61r Amos (515, 512); fols. 61r61v
Obadiah (519, 516); fols. 61v62v Jonah (524, 522); fols. 62v64r Micah (526); fols. 64r65v
Nahum (528, 527); fols. 66r66v Habakkuk (531, 529); fols. 66v68r Sofonius (534, 532); fols.
68r68v Aggeus (535); fols. 68v73r Zechariah (539, 540); fols. 73r74r Malachi (543, 545,
544); fols. 74v92v Isaiah (482); fols. 92v94v Lamentations; fols. 94v97r Baruch (491); fols.
97r105r Daniel (498, 494); fols. 105v127r Jeremiah (prologue missing); fols. 127v142r
Matthew (590); fols. 142r151v Mark (607); fols. 152r169r Luke (615, 620, 614); fols. 169r
181r John (624); fols. 181v185r Tobit (332) missing last word, terrae; fols. 185v186v James
(806); fols. 186v188v I Peter (missing prologue), II Peter (missing prologue); fols. 188v190v I
John (missing prologue), II John (missing prologue), III John (missing prologue); fols. 190v
Judas (missing prologue); fols. 190v196v Apocalypse (829) two words added to end, nobis
amen; fols. 197r210v Acts (637?); fols. 210v215v Romans (668); fols. 215v221v I
Corinthians (missing prologue) ends imperfectly at 15.40, II Corinthians (missing 16.6); fols.
221v223r Galatians (707); fols. 223v225r Ephesians (715?); fols. 225r226r Philippians (728);
fols. 226r227r Colossians (736); fols. 227r228v I Thessalonians (747), II Thessalonians (752);
fols. 228v231r I Timothy (765), II Timothy (772); fols. 231r231v Titus (780); fols. 231v232r
Philemon (783); fols. 232r236r Hebrews (793).
Physical Description: Parchment; I+236+II; 150 x 100 (108 x 70) mm.; modern foliations in
pencil (upper outer margin, recto); remains of prickings in outer margins (cf. fol. 125); ruled in
lead. Double outer and inner vertical bounding lines, with extra ruling between columns,
extending into the margins. Horizontal bounding lines, all full across: horizontal lines at upper
and lower columns of text extend to the margin; written in two columns of 42 lines. This codex
has been so badly rebound with quires sewn and glued together that we cannot be certain of its
collation without significantly risking damage to this artifact. The manuscript leaves are visibly
trimmed to fit this new binding. An inscription on the pastedown, in a later hand, reads the
following: Jno. A. Savage Jr. Milwaukee. The flyleaf at the end of the manuscript contains 5
circular impressions in a dark yellow color. It has been suggested that this may have been the
place where pilgrimage souvenirs were preserved, however, it is unclear whether these final
flyleaves were a part of the original composition, or added later. Quire marks near the binding of
folios 12v13r. Variation in folio articulation suggests this manuscript was produced by different
scribes. Attempted mending visible for shear on folio 158.
Script: Written in a small textualis libraria
Decoration: The diverse articulation of MS 56 is evidence of obvious organizational and
programmatic changes occurring in thirteenth-century French Bibles; MS 57 itself includes a
wide range of illuminative and structural variation throughout. Illuminated initials typically

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indicate the beginning of prologues and books, and there exists three different initial styles
throughout the Bible. Fols. 1r168v includes simple 23-line pen work initials with vertical
marginal flourishing in the opposite color. On Folios 169r196v, the 13-line initials are
noticeably different, now drawn with two colors in more dense and complex spray patterns. The
flourishing is decorated with tiny rounded motifs, alternating in the opposite colors of both blue
and red. On folios 197r236r the initials are of a completely new style. Initials with simple
flourishing in the opposite color mark the beginnings of prologues, but new 34-line red and blue
puzzle work initials mark the beginnings of new books. Here the ink is much darker, the brilliant
red from earlier folios is a stark contrast to the dark mauve used in this puzzle work and
flourishing.
Visible distinction between Bible chapters and verses vary greatly. Early in the manuscript
guides for paraphs (3r9v) and chapter number rubrication (1v) are written in the inner and outer
margins in a dark brown ink. At times the illuminator misunderstands guides, or mistakes chapter
numbers (fol. 6r, fol.12r, fol. 47r). On subsequent folios the paraphs appear squeezed into text
columns, superimposed on top of the earlier brown ink script (42v). Proceeding folios indicate
how space is left to fit these (now red and blue) paraphs (fol. 66r93v) comfortably within text
columns.
Similarly, the first letter of a new chapter develops into a fully apportioned space within the text
block. The first capital letter used to indicate a major division is written in red. Capital letters
receive more emphasis beginning on f. 88v through bolding in dark brown ink. Blue inked
capital letters are consistently superimposed on earlier brown ink script on folios 94r105r and
107r126v. Folio 133r is the first folio where capital letters have clearly apportioned space
within the text column. Succeeding initials (fol 181vend) become larger and more elaborate,
touched in both red and blue inks.
Letters opening verses are touched in red. The following folios leave out this red touching: fols.
1r, 7r12r, 14r21v, 30r42r, 57v58r, 65v, 89v94r, 101v103v, 108v112r, 131v210v, 222r
236r.
Numerous corrections, additions, and notes added to the margins in brown ink (fol. 18r, 19v20r,
42v, 48, 54v55r, 129v130v, 136r, 169r, 172v). Some corrections are made with red ink and
strike through the earlier brown ink text, especially on 55v. The word end, written in pencil from
perhaps its latest owner, indicates book divisions on folios 57r, 92v, and 97v.
Binding: s. xix. Earlier leather binding on wood boards grafted atop a newer one whose spine
reads Biblia Sacra with gold embossed capital letters. Older binding exhibits two metal clasps
and two L-shaped metal cornerpieces on front and back binding.
Origin and Provenance: Written in France in the first half of the thirteenth century; early
provenance unknown. Inscription on paste-down: Jno. A. Savage Jr. Milwaukee. John Adams Jr.
was the son of John Senior and his wife Eliza. John Senior was the first president of Carroll
College, now Carroll University, Wisconsin from 18501863. John Jr. was one of four children
John, Eliza, Edward, and William. John Jr. married Louisa Kingsley and had a daughter named
Louisa. John Jr. was an attorney, and enlisted in the Civil War. He died during this War on July

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4, 1864 of typhoid fever at the Union occupied New Orleans Barracks hospital. He was a
lieutenant colonel in the 36th Wisconsin. His wife remarried to Thomas Morris Bigelow on June
8, 1870. Acquired by the Vatican Film Library.
Bibliography:
Laura Light. French Bibles ca. 120030: A New Look at the Origin of the Paris Bible, The
Early Medieval Bible: Its Production, Decoration and Use, ed. Richard Gameson (Cambridge,
1994), 155176.

MS 57aj5
Jacobus de Voragine, Legenda Aurea,
Italy, s.xiii [?]
Contents: fols. 57aj5 (20 single leaves): Jacobus de Voragine, Legenda Aurea. De Epiphania
Domini fols. 57a57a2; De Sancto Paulo Heremita fol. 57a2; De Sancto Hylario fol. 57b; De
Sancto Machario fol. 57b; De Sancto Sebastiano fol. 57c; De Sancta Agnete fol. 57c; De Sancto
Basilio fol. 57d; De Sancto Iohanne Elemosinario fols. 57d57e; De Sancta Paula fol. 57f; De
Sancto Iuliano fols. 57f57g; De Ieiuniis Quaturo Temporum fol. 57g2; De Sancto Ignatio fols.
57g257h; De Purificatione Beata Virginis fols. 57h57h3; De Sancta Agatha fols. 57h457h5;

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De Sancto Vedasto fol. 57h5; De Sancta Amando fol. 57h5; De Sancto Valentino fol. 57h5; De
Sancta Iuliana fols. 57h557i; De Sancta Iuliana fols. 57h557i; De Cathedra Sancti Petri fol.
57i; De Cathedra Sancti Petri fol. 57j; De Sancto Mathia fols. 57j57j2; De Sancto Gregorio fols.
57j257j5.
57a r: [illuminans] //altis[s]im[us] e[tc]. [Et] ob h[oc] uoca[tur] phagi [mun]di di[itur] sita
e[ss]e. Dice[ndum] e[st]. [Secundum remigium]// [De Epiphania Domini 14: 914.50]
57a v: //[quoniam talis puer] ad q[uem] p[ro]peraba[n]t eos in [tam breui] Pastorib[us]
apparu[er]it et magis, sed ipsis pa[storibus]// [De Epiphania Domini 14: 5014.86]
221 x 153 (175 x 118) mm. Outer lower corner shorn 30x25mm. Recto: marginal addition 6 lines
down of second column. Note in lower margin. Verso: note above first outer column.
57a2 r: [past] //storib[us] uid[e] ta[mquam] r[ati]o[n]e ut[e]ntib[us] apparuit [De sancto]
P[aulo heremita] palatiu[m] in quo h[abitat]// [De Epiphania Domini 14.8614.119]
57a2 v: [estu] //o cu[m] aspicio riuulo[rum] sonit[us] c[antus auium et florum olfactus]// [De
Epiphania DominiDe Sancto Paulo Heremita14.12015.5.]
223 x 155 (178 x 120) mm. Concave sheer on inner margin 140 x 12 mm. Large irregular Lshaped tear in outer bottom corner of leaf. Recto: number 26 written in light brown ink on the
upper right corner of leaf. Dark brown symbol near top inner margin. Verso: second column
exhibits 2-line initial P. Faded red rubric written above the initial. Unidentifiable detritus stuck to
leaf on lower right margin.
57b r: //filia[m] i[n] laicali h[ab]itu mo[n]astica[m] uita[m] [papa sic uocatus] non [quidam
canonice electus]// [De Sancto Hylario 17.617.38]
57b v: //s[ed] tira[n]pnice intrusus. U[e]l forte Lib[erius] d[e] no[m]i[n]e Machari[us] d[e]
s[an]c[t]o machario et o[mn]ib[us] sa[ncti]or f[a]ct[us] e[st]. Audiens h[oc] senex// [De
Sancto HylarioDe Sancto Machario 17.3818.42]
224 x 156 (174 x 125) mm. Bottom outer margin torn 70 x 20 mm. Recto: Number 8 written in
light brown ink on the upper right corner of leaf; small notation on upper right margin. Verso:
Two 2-line initial Ms. A red rubric before each initial: d[e] no[m]i[n]e and d[e] s[an]c[t]o
machario.
57c r: [stimu] //lata [a uiro] suo se abstinere no[n] potuit d[e] s[an]c[t]a agnete Agnes (24.1)
pluchrior, amor// [De Sancto SebastianoDe Sancta Agnete 23.9824.14 (ca. 8 illegible lines
proceeding 24.14, probably ending 24.16)]
57c v: //et collu[m] m[e]u[m] cin[x]it lap[idibus] p[reti]osis i[n]du[it] g[e]ntil// [De Sancta
Agnete 24.1624.49 (ca. 8 lines missing after 24.49)]

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209 x 137 (177 x 120) mm. Lower inner column and part of outer column missing a rounded,
tapered piece of velum 60 x 100 mm. Recto: number 32 written in light brown ink on the upper
right corner of leaf. 2-line initial A in outer column. Rubrication above initial. Marginal
correction oppo[n]it[ur] on outer margin three lines down. Note made on upper inner margin.
Verso: detritus stuck to parchment in outer column.
57d r: //[medi]cinali arte uald[e] p[er]itu[m], q[uem] uir d[e]i pl[urimum] d[e] s[an]c[t]o
ioh[ann]e elemosinar[i]o Ioh[ann]e (27.1) [stat]era[m] ei[us] mala appende[re]; ex alt[er]a//
[De Sancto Iohanne Elemosinario 26.15327.20]
57d v: //[autem parte statere] quida[m] d[e]albati t[ri]stes staba[n]t eo p[re]d[i]ct[u]s
Vitali[us] cu[n]ctis audie[ntibus] volo ire qu[ia]// [De Sancto Iohanne Elemosinario 27.2027.70]
226 x 156 (170 x 122) mm. Small irregular piece missing from outer column 45 x 7 mm.
Number 36 written in light brown ink on te upper right corner of leaf. Recto: 3-line initial I.
57e r: //[ia talis domina ] u[ero] illu[m] m[onumen]tu[m], imitate[us] hoc monu[mentum]//
[De Sancto Iohanne Elemosinario 27.7027.121]
57e v: //[precepit, sed tamen usque ad] obitu[m] suu[m] illud i[m]p[er]f[ec]t[u]m ma[nere]
c[orre]pt[us] se [morti]// [De Sancto Iohanne Elemosinario 27.12227.161]
222 x 154 (182 x 121) mm. Leaf torn along bottom fold. Rounded bits missing from lower
margin, possible eaten. Recto: script of inner column has been worn from its removal as a
pastedown. Number 37 written in light brown ink on the upper outer corner of leaf.
57f r: //[insidias et subridens ] ut seni homini pene persuaserit ne uinum bibam.] In luctu
d[e] no[m]i[n]e Iuliano 30.1 d[e] s[an]c[t]o Iuliano clamarent, rogaui[t] p[ri]ncipe[m] ut
eos// [De Sancta PaulaDe Sancto Iuliano 29.6330.8]
57f v: //iulian[us] ieiu[nio se affligens pro] ip[s]o[rum] lib[eraret] d[e] s[an]c[t]o iuli[ano] I
d[e] s[an]c[t]o iuli[ano] I [et] stimula boues. Sed cu[m] ille nullaten[us] re[sponderet]// [De
Sancto Iuliano 30.830.50]
224 x 155 (178 x 120) mm. Lower corners worn. Recto: Number x written in light brown ink on
the upper right corner of leaf. Two 3-line initials Is. Two rubrics beside initials read d[e]
no[m]i[n]e and d[e] s[an]c[t]o Iulia[nus]. Verso: small squiggly holes in-between columns,
probably from insects.
57g r: //[sponderet], acce[de]ntes eu[m] discoop[er]ue[runt] et Iulian[us] p[rius] fuit
m[onachus et magne]// [De Sancta Iuliano 30.5130.80]
57g v: //religio[nis] simulator. Q[ue]d[am] a[utem] mul[ie]r [calcaribus] equu[m] au[daci]
[mente Iulianum impetiit]// [De Sancta Iuliano 30.8030.124]

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221 x 154 (176 x 120) mm. Lower margin worn through with jagged pieces missing across fold
30 x 65mm. Tear in upper margin. Small holes throughout. Recto: trace of unknown material
adhering to edge of upper outer margin.
57g2 r: //[festum sancti] M[ichaelis tertia ieiunia, quoniam] fruct[us] tu[n]c d[e] no[m]i[n]e
I[gnatio] (36.1) I[gnatio] q[ui]d[am]// [De Ieiuniis Quatuor TemporumDe Sancto Ignatio
35.1136.16]
57g2 v: //uol[e]ns ost[e]nde[re] h[oc] no[m]i[n]e amo[r]is p[er] o[mn]ia viri roma[n]i q[ui]//
[De Sancto Ignatio 36.1636.52]
221 x 153 (177 x 119) mm. Parchment gnawed through where there are holes in the margins; the
largest extends lengthwise into the middle of the inner column 80 x 30 mm. Recto: number 44
written in light brown ink on the upper right corner of leaf. One 1-line initial I, one 3-line initial
I. Two rubrics by initial; and added (red) ign[ati]o in the outer margin. Verso: trace of red
penwork offset from initial on facing page in upper middle column. X marked in light brown ink
in lower outer margin.
57h r: //asp[iciti]s, no[n] sin[e] m[er]ced[e] laboraui [de] purification[n]e b[ea]te [virgi]nis
P[urificatione] (36.1) i[n]gredi[ens]// [De Sancto IgnatioDe Purificatione Beate Virginis
36.5237.10 (ca. 9 illegible lines proceeding 37.10)]
57h v: //[ratio assi]gnari [potest.] pullos columbar[um] [pro eo obtulit ut inde] sacrifice[ium]
fieret// [De Purificatione Beate Virginis 37.1337.47]
221 x 154 (179 x 120) mm. Ovalesque hole, probably gnawed, near lower center of columns 17 x
20mm, with other small holes along outer column throughout. Recto: unidentifiable number that
should read 45 written in light brown ink on the upper right corner of leaf. Added note 20 lines
down in first inner column. Added marginal note appears along lower right column that has been
partially sliced off. One 3-line initial P. Rubrication preceding initial P rubric reads. Verso: paper
remnants on inner and lower margins.
57h2 r: //[Quintum] qu[ando] a [Iohanne] obtulit// [De Purificatione Beate Virginis 37.48
37.49 (ca. 8 illegible lines proceeding)]
57h2 v: //[cantan]do gemit, ue[n]iens [uer] nu[n]tiat [originem traxit] ai[unt] [enim quod]//
[De Purificatione Beate Virginis 37.7937.118]
222 x 138 (177 x 120) mm. Whole outer side eroded, more acutely at lower half 135 x 80 mm.
Small holes throughout. Recto: two pricking marks visible along upper margin. Verso: added
sentence along upper margin includes the name Symeon.
57h3 r: //[Prosor]pina fuit ad[e]o speciosa q[uod] pluto i[n] hon[ore] // [De Purificatione
Beata Virginis 37.11937.144 (ca. 13 lines of text proceeding removed)]

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57h3v: //H[ec] quo[n]da[m] capella[m] [iu]x[ta] dom[um] [haberet] et ind[e] c[on]tinuo

exiret// [De Purificatione Beata Virginis 37.15337.179]
223 x 155 (117 x 168) mm. Large clean pyramid-shaped tear extending through most of lowerto-middle margins 105 x 75 mm. Recto: number 47 written in light brown ink on the upper right
corner of leaf. Dark brown stain in outer right fold. Verso: dark brown ink stain marked along
inner and outer side of fold line.
57h4 r: //q[uas]i sole[m]pnit[er] [consummate id est sepul]ta q[uod patet] d[e] s[an]c[t]a
agatha Agatha (39.1) [nut]rio om[ne]s se[nsus meos quas ab infantia domino]// [De Sancta
Agatha 39.839.56]
57h4 v [consecraui] //Tu[n] iussit ea[m] in ca[rcerem] recip[pi] [circ]a die[m] [natalis eius]
mo[n]s quida[m] max[imus]// [De Sancta Agatha 39.5639.101]
213 x 154 (181 x 118) mm. Irregular pieces missing throughout, especially along the outer
margin. Large piece of parchment missing on lower inner column 60 x 53 mm. Recto: number 49
written in light brown ink on the upper right corner of leaf. One 4-line initial A; the
corresponding rubric reads d[e] s[an]c[t]a Agatha. Verso: small dark brown stains near outer
margin.
57h5 r: //iuxta ciu[itatem r]upt[us] eructuai[t] incendiu[m] q[ui] de no[m]i[n]e Vedasto (40.1)
(De Sancto Amando 41.1) [pedes eius] ille// [De Sancta AgathaDe Sancto Amando
39.10141.17 (ca. 8 lines proceeding 41.17 torn and illegible)]
57h5v: //[irrideret], a d[e]mone arripit[ur] [et] p[ropr]iis den[ti]b[us] se disc[er]pe[n]s de
no[m]i[n]e Valentino (42.1) Iulia[na] (43.1) [misit] ut te d[e]beap[m] com[m]onere// [De
Sancta AmandoDe Sancta Valentino 41.2243.11]
221 x 154 (177 x 117) mm. Parchment or paper extension attached to upper margin of folio 25 x
70mm. Outer column damaged with holes and tears. Recto: number in upper right corner should
read 49. Two 2-line initial Us in inner column; rubrics in inner column. Two 3-line initial As in
outer column; rubric in outer column. Verso: two 2-line initial Us. One 3-line initial I.
57i r: //quate[nus] diis sac[ri]ficas ne [tamdiu crucieris] [de] no[m]i[n]e d[e] cathedra
s[an]ct[i] petri Cathed[ra] (44.1) [Teophi]lu[m] uenit [et] se// [De Sancta IuilianaDe
Cathedra Sancti Petri 43.1144.14]
57i v: //asser[uit ligna et ta]bula[s se scire] p[r]iuilegia ec[clesia] ter i[n] an[no] eu[m]
honor[at] Fu [it]// [De Cathedra Sancti Petri 44.1444.52]
222 x 155 (182 x 120) mm. Bottom right corner worn away 40 x 112mm. Recto: number 51
written in light brown ink on the upper right corner of leaf. Recto: two 2line initial Cs; rubrics
in outer column. Detritus along outer fold. Verso: illegible brown script in lower margin.

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57j r: //[Fu]it e[nim] p[re] cet[er]is di[gnior] i[n] auctorita[te] [quoniam princeps]
[apostolorum] principi i[n] [contumeliam fuerat irrogatum]// [De Cathedra Sancti Petri 44.53
44.79]
57j v: //Circa a[u]t[em] ips[am] coro[nam] clericor[um] t[ri]a adt[e]ndunt[ur] d[e] [nomine]
M[athia] d[e] s[an]c[t]o mathia Mathias (45.1) //sp[irit]u [De Cathedra Sancti PetriDe
Sancto Mathia 44.8045.17]
210 x 119 (181 x 118) mm. Darkened fold along outer and lower margins. Recto: number 52
written in light brown ink on the upper right corner of leaf. Verso: two 2-line initial Ms.; rubrics.
Light brown ink X in outer margin.
57j2 r: //[Dionysius autem ] p[er] que[m] ip[s]e o[stendebatur] car[cere] recluse[unt]. Ubi
d[e]mo[nes] a[pparentes]// [De Sancto Mathia 45.7745.109]
57j2v: //dentib[us] in eu[m] fremeb[ant], sed [a]pp[rop]i[nquare] de no[m]i[n]e Grego[rio]
d[e] s[an]c[t]o Greg[o]r[io] [per]spicuos e[ss]e uenal[es]. Inter[r]ogat// [De Sancta MathiaDe
Sancto Gregorio 45.7746.19]
199 x 150 (175 x 124) mm. Fragmentary leaf with half of inner column 20 x 40 mm and top
margin 20 x 125 mm missing. Parchment curled in outer margin. Recto: number in upper outer
corner should read 54. Black detritus in outer column, possibly a leather fragment from binding.
Two 2-line initial Gs with corresponding rubrics.
57j3r: [Interrogat igitur merca] //tore[m] d[e] qua illos pat[ri]a attuliss[et]. [Qui respondit]
t[ri]b[us] dieb[us] latuit// [De Sancto Gregorio 46.2046.51 (ca. 12 lines of text missing from
torn folio)]
57j3v: //Du[m] [contemp]latio[nis] alta d[esc]rp[i]tis, r[uine mee] m[e]a; [cum disputare ]//
[De Sancta Gregorio 46.5746.84 (ca. 12 lines of text proceeding 46.51 missing from torn folio)]
166 x 154 (132 x 125) mm. Number 55 written in light brown ink on the upper outer corner of
leaf. Folio missing 1/3 of lower margin, approximately 40 x 125 mm.; small holes throughout.
Dark stain blots on upper outer margin. Recto: small bits of paper fluff stuck to parchment near
lower margin. Small dark ink traces dot the page, and in some cases, trace, correct, or emphasize
words. Verso: small unidentifiable mark in brown ink above first line of outer column.
57j4r: //q[uia] u[o]b[is] s[u]btrahit[ur] q[uod] al[teri] [plus quam ratio] exigat [accurse]to
cancella[rio]// [De Sancto Gregorio 46.8846.119]
57j4v: //uitare p[re]su[m]psera[t] i[n]q[ui]s[i]uit. Quos ca[n]cella[rius] [Mauri]ti[us] [se]
an[te] [t]r[i]bunal iudicis se astme// [De Sancto Gregorio 46.11946.147]

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205 x 154 (175 x 120) mm. Section of parchment torn from right margin 70 x 38 mm. Dark
stains and tiny holes throughout, especially from the upper outer margin Recto: illegible script of
later hand on lower inner margin. Verso: traces of parchment fluff stuck to leaf. Small dark stain
on lower outer column 6 x 10 mm.
57j5 r: [quo] //iussa [com]plente seq[uen]ti nocte q[ui] d[efunctus] [confirmans] mo[r]i// [De
Sancto Gregorio 46.22346.241 (ca. 13 lines of text proceeding are illegible)]
57j5v: //[monasterii] [san]ti G[regorii] quod[d]a[m] penes se tota n[oct]e o[ration]i
i[n]sister[n]t ut do[minus]// [De Sancto Gregorio 46.24546.267]
222 x 125 (175 x 117) mm. 1/6 of outer margin missing (vertically). Small holes throughout.
Lower margin damaged along fold. Recto: most of brown ink script on lower margin is worn
away and illegible. Worn parchment along fold of lower margin. Illegible script of later hand on
lower inner margin.
Physical Description: Parchment; 20 leaves from the same manuscript, rescued in two sets of
ten; approximately 221 x 154 (178 x 120 mm); one set of foliation brown ink foliation appears
on some leaves at the upper outer margin; prickings visible in outer right margin especially
visible on 57a, 57a2; ruled horizontally in light brown ink, where visible (57cv, 57g2v); two
columns of text of varying lines (3641). Bottom and outer margins folded over to fit older
bindings. Discolorations, wear, and fading throughout.
Script: Written in a small, broad gothic semitextualis
Decoration: Alternating red and blue penwork initials in margins; each initial begins the first
letter of the saints name. Initials are preceded by rubrication that serves as an introduction to the
Saints lifede nomine, and de sancto/a; alternating red and blue paraphs throughout. The first
letter of each sentence touched in red to indicate the beginning of a new sentence. Corrector has
marked places where the rubricator has neglected to insert paraphs in red and blue, doing this in
brown ink (57cv). Manicules throughout (57h2).
Provenance: An invoice from the Mackus Company: Illuminated Manuscripts & Historical
Documents from 30 May 2013 reads the following:
Invoice
10 Legenda aurea leaves
Italy, c. 1300
$1,250.00
A description of the new acquisition of this leaf into the VFL collection reads the following:
In May [2011], two new additions were made to the teaching collection of Medieval and
Renaissance manuscripts, housed in the Special Collections Department of Pius XII Memorial
Library. Purchased with funds graciously donated by the Saint Louis University Library
Associates, this new material will be especially appropriate in the studies of history, theology,

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and literature, because it represents literature especially created for devotional activities of the
laity in the Middle Ages and the early modern era.
The first is a supplement to last years acquisition of leaves from a copy of Jacobus de Voragines
Legenda aurea (Golden Legend), a very popular book on the lives of the saints that was
compiled between 1260 and 1275. Datable to around 12801300, these leaves represent one of
the earliest copies ever made. Ten more leaves were located from the same manuscript, which
brings our holdings up to twenty. Two graduate students from the department of Theology have
expressed interest in making a summer project of studying these leaves and comparing them with
other surviving manuscripts of this text, to place our examples in their historical context.
The second acquisition is a single manuscript leaf written in French, representing a section of
verses composed on the Sorrows of the Virgin Mary, often found in Books of Hours produced in
the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Of small format, the original manuscript would have been
easily carried everywhere by its owner, who would read prayers from it and meditate at the
appropriate hours of each day. We look forward to presenting this new material to faculty and
students next semester.

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MS 58
book of hours
France, s. xv
Contents: Single leaf: Middle French verses from a book of hours.
58r: //Ame[n] virge p[er] ton parler com[m]ent mere desconfortee//
58v: //D[e]us le dieu debonnaire co[m]me le fin de tel martire//
Physical Description: Parchment; 164 x 117 (80 x 65) mm.: Two prickings visible along upper
margin for vertical lines; vertical and horizontal ruling in lead; vertical lines extend into the
margins; horizontal lines all full across. One column for text with 15 lines, in brown ink. Sewing
stations visible in inner margins. Slight discoloration and folding along inner margin. Small
brown smudges throughout; a tiny round hole at lower inner margin. Recto: later penciled in
number 5611 written in lower outer margin.
Script: Written in gothic textualis
Decoration: One and two-line initials in alternating red and blue ink. Some letters touched in red
on the recto. Alternating red and blue initials indicate textual divisions, placed within a space left
by scribe.
Provenance: Purchased with funds from Saint Louis University Library Associates in May 2011.
An invoice from the Mackus Company: Illuminated Manuscripts & Historical Documents from
14 May 2011 reads the following:
Sold to Susan
Inventory Number and Description ID LL Golden Legend Italy c 1300 & MS. 5611 French
Verses BOH 15c $1,015.75
A description of the new acquisition of this leaf into the VFL collection reads the following:
In May [2011], two new additions were made to the teaching collection of medieval and
Renaissance manuscripts, housed in the Special Collections Department of Pius XII Memorial
Library. Purchased with funds graciously donated by the Saint Louis University Library
Associates, this new material will be especially appropriate in the studies of history, theology,
and literature, because it represents literature especially created for devotional activities of the
laity in the Middle Ages and the early modern era.
The first is a supplement to last years acquisition of leaves from a copy of Jacobus de Voragines
Legenda aurea (Golden Legend), a very popular book on the lives of the saints that was compiled
between 1260 and 1275. Datable to around 12801300, these leaves represent one of the earliest
copies ever made. Ten more leaves were located from the same manuscript, which brings our
holdings up to twenty. Two graduate students from the department of Theology have expressed
interest in making a summer project of studying these leaves and comparing them with other
surviving manuscripts of this text, to place our examples in their historical context.

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The second acquisition is a single manuscript leaf written in French, representing a section of
verses composed on the Sorrows of the Virgin Mary, often found in Books of Hours produced in
the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Of small format, the original manuscript would have been
easily carried everywhere by its owner, who would read prayers from it and meditate at the
appropriate hours of each day. We look forward to presenting this new material to faculty and
students next semester.

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MS 59 12
Boniface VIII, Liber sextus decretalium de Bonifacii Papae VIII
Italy, s.xiv1 or xivin (1310)
Contents: One Bifolium: Boniface VIII, Liber sextus decretalium de Bonifacii Papae VIII. Fols.
591r592v: Liber Sextus Bull of promulgation by Pope Gregory IX to the Compilation of
Decretals of the Lord Pope Gregory IX (address), Titulus IV De Consuetudine, Cap. ICap. IV.
Surrounding main text is the Glossa ordinaria of Johannes Andreae.
59 1r: //domini bonifacii p[a]p[a]e viii B[oni]fa[cius] episcopus s[er]vus servorum dei, dilectis
filiis doctoribus et sc[h]olaribus universis bononi[ae] commorantibus salute et apostolicam
benediction[m]. Res prohemius[?] Sacros[an]c[ta]e romanae eccle[siae]nunc vero novo[rum]
edition iurium [prout] nobis e[st] possibile reprimamus// [Liber Sextus Bull of promulgation by
Pope Gregory IX to the Compilation of Decretals of the Lord Pope Gregory IX (address), 934]
59 1v: //[sane quum] g[re]g[orio] papa [ix]mandavimus et [sub debitis]// [Liber Sextus
Bull of promulgation by Pope Gregory IX to the Compilation of Decretals of the Lord Pope
Gregory IX (address), 934].
202 x 203 (103 x 142) mm. Recto: 9-line inhabited box initial B. The letter is illuminated in
green, orange, yellow, and light purple inks. The background is infilled with blue and burnished
gold. Two crests inhabit the two compartments of the B. One crest has a black bear over
burnished gold, the other, over white. Each crest is outlined in orange ink. The Makkus Company
suggests that these crests are likely that of Caccianemico dell'Orso of Bologna and the Orso of
Venice. One 4-line decorated box initial S in the same column. The S is written in a pale blue ink
and infilled with orange, light purple, blue, and burnished gold patterns. One 4-line decorated
box initial Q found in surrounding commentary of Johannis Andreae. The Q is illuminated in a
light purple and yellow, its box infilled with blue and orange decoration. Rubrics introduce the
beginning of a new chapter or section. Verso: Detritus stuck everywhere to vellum. Text boxes
lengthened on verso (135 x 142 mm.). Frequent alternating red and blue paraphs visible in
surrounding commentary. Small circular hole in lower inner margin.
59 2r: contrar //ium memoria n[on] ex[si]stit Idem. Non putamus illam Idem. Non e[st]
dum tamen [require]re minime t[eneatur]// [Titulus IV De Consuetudine, Cap. ICap. III, pg.
944]
59 2v: //q[uum tua in ecclesia gra]dati[m] meliores Bonifacius viii. de postulatione
p[rae]latorum. Perpetuo p[ro]hibemus eligo postulando// [Titulus IV De Consuetudine, Cap.
IV Idem (Titulus V De Postulatione Praelatorum, Cap. I), 944945]
205 x 200 (135 x 133) mm. Two two-line initial Ns in alternating red and blue ink with penwork
decoration around each in the opposite color. Two one-line initial Is, for Idem, in alternating red
and blue. Each set of initials indicate text divisions. Verso: one 9-line decorated box initial P
outlined in a light purple color and wrapped in a dark blue ink. The infilling of the P
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in blue, yellow and light purple ink. Alternating red and blue paraphs throughout text and
commentary.
Physical Description: Parchment; one bifolium, likely rescued from binding; each folio
approximately 205 x 200 (written surface varies 103 x 142 and 135 x 133) mm.; no visible
foliation; prickings; ruled; two columns of text of varying lines (2026). Upper and outer
margins folded over to presumably fit older bindings. Discolorations, wear, and fading
throughout. Trace of liquid stain visible especially in lower margin. Small oval-shaped hole
through vellum in upper outer text column. Detritus across text. Latter penciled-in text 5943
Gratian 1300, likely a label from Mackus Company, across upper outer margin of fol. 2r.
Script: Written in textura
Origin and Provenance: probably owned by Caccianemico dellOrso (12281302), identified
by his coat of arms. A description of this fragment is cited at www.christies.com/lotfinder/books
manuscripts/palaeographiccollectionofbindingfragmentsinlatin5210902details.aspx.
The sale number is 5822 on 1 June 2009 London, South Kensington and incorrectly labels MS59
as Gratian Decretum. The Lot description reads the following (bold mine):
PALAEOGRAPHIC COLLECTION OF BINDING FRAGMENTS, in Latin, DECORATED
AND ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS ON VELLUM [Italy and France, 13th and 14th
centuries]
26 partleaves or bifolia from 7 manuscripts, all with decorated flourished initials: including 2
partbifolia from an illuminated and glossed Gratian Decretum, one with two coats of arms
charged with black bears likely those of the Caccianemico dell'Orso of Bologna and the
Orso of Venice [Bologna or Padua, early 14th century]; 1 bifolium and 4 partbifolia from a
theological exegesis [France, 13th century]; 7part bifolia from a glossed Justinian Codex [Italy,
13th century]; 7 partbifolia from glossed ?Justinian Corpus Juris Civilis', [Italy, 14th century]; 1
partbifolium from a glossed Justinian Institutes, book 1 [Italy, 14th century; 3 partbifolia of a
commentary on the Psalms [France, 13th century]; 1 partbifolium from a Verbal Concordance
of the Bible [France, ca.1300]. All recovered from bindings or used as wrappers and paste
downs and consequently worn and defective. Nonetheless with the glosses and extensive
annotations in addition to their central texts, these leaves reflect a rich variety of scripts and
scribal conventions. They include, for example, the different means of linking gloss with the text
they interpret symbols, letters and underlining.
Purchase invoice for this bifolium from the Mackus Company reads the following:
16 May 2011
M5943 Illuminated and Glossed Bifolium from Liber SextusBoniface VIII Two coatsof
arms. likely of Carrianemico dellOrso Bologna or Padua, ca. 1325
A part bifolium from an illuminated and glossed manuscript with two coats of arms charged with
black bears likely those of the Caccianemico dellOrso of Bologna (12281302?) and the Orso of
Venice.

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MS 60ab
Bible
Bologna, Italy, s.xiv
Contents: fols. 60ab: 2 single leaves from the same Bible; these leaves are not consecutive. I
Paralipomenon 7:29:21; II Paralipomenon 22:724:27.
60a r: //[nu]merati su[n]t in dieb[us] dauid uigi[n]ti duo VIII Beniamin aut[em] genuit (I Para.
8:1) [di]misit usim et Bara uxores suas. Genuit// [I Paralipomenon 7:28:9]
60a v: //aut[em] de edes uxore sua iobab et sebia et mo[sa] IX Universus [er]go isr[ahe]l
dinumeratus (I Paralipomenon. 9:1) Porro zacharias filius mosollam ianitor// [I
Paralipomenon 8:99:21]
305 x 225 (194 x 132) mm.: Slight brown discoloration along upper and outer margins. Small
tear in upper inner corner. Recto: later penciled in number 5T10744c $200 in lower margin.
Verso: small dark spots in lower margin.

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60b r: //niss[et] egred[er]etur cum eo adu[er]sum ihe[s]u fili[um] XXIII Anno aut[em] septimo
(II Paralipomenon 21:1) viros ac p[rin]cipes p[o]p[u]li et om[n]e vulgus t[er]r[a]e//
[Paralipomenon 22:723:20]
60b v: //fecerunt descende[re] rege[m] de domo d[o]m[ini] et introi[re] Porro athalia (II
Paralipomenon 24:1) moabitidis. Porro filii eius ac summa pec// [uniae] [II Paralipomenon
23:2024:27]
304 x 229 (189 x 132) mm.: Recto: light markings in upper outer margin. Verso: later penciled in
number 10744o $200 in lower margin.
Physical Description: Parchment. 2 single leaves, approximately 305 x 225 (190 x 132) mm.;
two marks in modern pencil on fol. 60ar 10744o $200 and on fol. 60bv 5T10744c $200; written
in two columns of 47 lines; prickings especially visible upper, inner, and lower margins. Ruled in
drypoint with vertical bounding lines that extend into margins. Horizontal bounding lines, all full
across, do not extend into margins. Sewing stations visible in outer margins. Running title PA
and LI II correspond to the Book of Paralipomenon (Chronicles).
Script: Written in italian semitextualis
Decoration: Chapter numbers written inside column, space allowing, in alternating red and blue
roman numerals. Alternating two-and three-line red and blue initials with flourishing in the
opposite color. Each capital includes penwork flourishing that extends the length of the text
column and indicates the beginning of a new chapter. Capitals at the beginning of each sentence
touched in red. The beginning of each major text break is rubricated. Small irregular graphic
indicators next to text column of inner margin.
Origin and Provenance: Purchased from Scott Gwara, May 2012. The following is a
description of leaves from Scott Gwaras catalogueue Enchiridion 9: Manuscripts for Teaching:
57. Folio Bible. Three folios on vellum. Italy, ca. 1300: 304 x 225 (190 x 133) mm. Double
column, 46 lines. Probably the same Bible as leaves sold at Sothebys 25 April 1983 lot 30; our
leaves ex Harry A. Walton, Jr. coll. (BlooMS.burys, NY, 4 April 2009 lot 48, wrongly said to be
from the Pauline Epistles). Text: selections from 1 Paralipomenon 79, 2123; 2 Paralipomenon
3234. Decoration: two-or three-line initials in red or blue with contrasting penwork marginal
extensions running the full length of the margin, occasionally with colored dots and other
intricate designs. Versal initials touched in red. Chapter numbers and headings in alternating red
and blue capitals. Some areas very slightly soiled, else fine condition. Price: $275 ea.

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MS 61ab

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Giordano Ruffo, De medicina equorum

Italy, s. xivm
Contents: fols. 61ab: 2 single leaves from the same manuscript; these leaves are not
consecutive. Chapters 1822 and 4649.
61a r: //accipiat[ur] ossa sepie ta[r]tar[um] sal ge[m]ma eqali m[en]s[u]ra et s[u]btilissi[m] (18,
53) xviiii De egritudinib[us]intra os.ca.Accidit p[re]t[er]ea q[uod] int[ra] os eq[ui] efficit[ur]
q[uae]da[m] (19, 53) xx De lesion[e] lingue. ca. Ledit[ur] p[rae]te[r]ea lingua eq[ui] diu[er]sis
occ[asi]onib[us] (20, 54) xxi De o[mn]i[bus] lesion[n]ib[us]dorsi equi. Rx (recipere) Dicto
de infirmitatib[us] accide[n]talib[us] eq[ui] artificiali[te]r sup[er] te[r]gu[m]. fiu[n]t igitur
m[u]lt[a]e et div[er]sae lesion[n]es i[n] ei[us] dorso p[ro]p[ter] opp[re]ssio[n]em i[n]epte selle
(21, pg 56)// [Chapters 1821]
61a v: //Et q[ua]n[doque] fiu[n]t ex sup[er]fluo sa[n]gui[n]e u[e]l tumore u[e]l uexicis
sa[n]gui[n]iscommixtis putredi[n]e (21, 56) xxii De cornu. Rx (recipere) Fit s[u]bseq[uen]t[er]
q[uae]da[m] lesio in eq[ui] freq[uen]ti selle opp[re]ssio[n]e efficit[ur] uel alicui[us] one[r]is
s[upra] dorsu[m] i[m]po[s]iti i[m]po[r]tun[i]. Que (22, 58)// [Chapters 2122]
260 x 185 (172 x 118) mm. Natural discoloration of leaf a result of the parchment being spotted
goat. Recto: small rounded hole near upper inner margin.
61b r: //magis aliis c[re]patiis s[upra]d[i]c[t]is eo q[uod] illa c[re]patia sup[ra] ex tra[n]su[er]o
efficit[ur] scinde[n]s ca[r]ne[m] (46, 88) xlvi De cancro. Fit q[uoque] alius (47, 8889)
nullaten[us] e[st] dubita[n]du[m]. Id[e]oq[ue] ca[n]cer poss[e] curar[i] magis facili[us] et citius
i[n]// [Chapters 4647]
61b v: //locis ca[r]nosis cu[m] i[n]cisionib[us] et cocturis q[uam] cu[m] p[u]lverib[us] et
medicami[n]ib[us] s[upra]d[i]c[t]is (47, 90) xlvii De fistula. ca. Accidit (47, 90) xlviii
De malo pi[n]cconese. Rx (49) freq[uen]tat[ion]e aq[uae] et t[ur]pitudi[ni]s fumositate
stab[u]li i[n] nocte ab aq[u]a n[e]c a sordib[us] desic[catis]// [Chapters 4749]
262 x 183 (172 x 117) mm. Small creases along outer center margin.
Physical Description: Parchment (spotted). 2 leaves from the same manuscript; these leaves are
not consecutive, 260 x 185 (172 x 117) mm. Written in one column of 31 lines; prickings visible
along upper middle folio. Ruled in lead with vertical bounding lines that extend into margins.
Horizontal bounding lines, all full across, do not extend into margins. Sewing stations visible in
outer margins.
Script: The text is written in italian semitextualis libraria
Decoration: Chapter numbers written along outer margins in red ink. Alternating two-and threeline red and blue initials with flourishing in red and purple inks (purple flourishing around red
initials and red flourishing around blue initials); these initials indicate the beginning of chapter

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sections. Most capitals at beginning of sentences touched in yellow. The beginning of each major
text break is rubricated and marked with a red or blue paraph.
Origin and Provenance: Purchased from Scott Gwara, May 2012. Sothebys sales catalogue
sold the following complete treatises on 6 December 2011 (lot 47) which identifies the
manuscript as follows:
TWO TREATISES ON HORSE MEDICINE: GIORDANO RUFFO, DE
MEDICINA EQUORUM, AND BENEDETTO RUBOLLO, RIMEDI PER
CAVALLA, IN LATIN AND ITALIAN, MANUSCRIPTS ON VELLUM AND
PAPER [MIDFOURTEENTH AND LATE SIXTEENTH CENTURY] two
volumes: (a) Giordano Ruffo, De medicina equorum, followed by related notes
from Vegetius, De Re Militari, 260mm. by 182mm., a fragment of 21 leaves on
vellum (3 quires, the second beginning with a singleton but with no losses to text,
wanting leaves from front and end, and a few between the first and second quire
and a single leaf between the second and third), single column, 31 lines in two
rounded gothic bookhands, capitals touched in yellow, rubrics in red, 2line
initials in red or blue with contrasting penwork, inscription inside front board
recording gift of volume from one physician (Vincenzo Malacarne) to another
(Giovanni Alessandro Brambilla of Pavia) in 1781/7, loose in nineteenthcentury
red paper over pasteboards, Italy, midfourteenth century; (b) Benedetto Rubollo,
Rimedi per cavalla, 145mm. by 100mm., 88 leaves on paper, c.18 lines in a
cursive hand, contemporary limp vellum binding, Italy, late sixteenth century;
both in good condition.
Two leaves from the Sothebys sale appear in Scott Gwaras catalogue Enchiridion 9:
Manuscripts for Teaching. These two leaves are described in his catalogue as the following:
66, 67. Giordano Ruffo, De medicina equorum. Two folios on vellum. Italy, ca.
1350: 259 x 185 mm (written area 174 x 118 mm). Single column, 31 lines.
Decoration: fol. 1: four two and threeline initials alternating red and blue (two
are pierced) with contrasting penwork (red and blue, purple on red); rubricated,
and oneline capitals touched in yellow; fol. 2: three two and threeline initials
alternating red and blue (one pierced), with contrasting penwork (red and blue,
purple on red); rubricated and oneline capitals touched in yellow. Text: fol. 1:
end of cap. xviii; cap. xix, De egritudinibus intra os; cap. xx, De lesion
lingue; cap. xxi, De omnibus lesionibus dorsi equi; ch. xxii, De cornu; fol. 2:
end of cap. xlv; cap. xlvi, De cancro; cap. xlvii, De fistula; cap. xlviii, de
malo pinconese. Condition: Very good, with some slight cockling on the second
leaf. The first leaf has natural discoloration due to the mottled goatskin parchment
from a spotted goat, naturally. Provenance: Sothebys, 6 December 2011 lot 47,
there said to have been a gift from physician Vincenzo Malacarne to another,
Giovanni Alessandro Brambilla of Pavia (1781 or 1787). Similar to the
mechanics manual to an automobile, Giordanos compendium of diagnoses and
treatments of horse ailments is a classic medieval veterinary handbook. These
pages identify some of the commonest ailments and suggest cures under
rubricated headings that read Cura. This carefully prepared manuscript has
rubricated chapter numbers in the margins. Price: $1250 ea.

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