Speculum monachorum ... [etc.].

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Arnoul, de Bohéries, 12th century.

Contributor:

Bernard, of Clairvaux, Saint, 1090 or 1091-1153, associated name.

Baugh, Albert C. (Albert Croll), 1891-1981, former owner.

Language:

Latin

Subjects (All):

Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint--Art.

Mary.

Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint.

Benedict, Saint, Abbot of Monte Cassino. Regula.

Benedict.

Lord's prayer--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Lord's prayer.

Monasticism and religious orders--Rules--Early works to 1800.

Monasticism and religious orders.

Monasticism and religious orders--Rules.

Asceticism--Early works to 1800.

Asceticism.

Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts)

illuminations (paintings)

Sermons.

Manuscripts, Latin -- 13th century.

Manuscripts, Medieval.

Penn Provenance:

Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 29 June 1938, lot 538.

Appears in Bernard Quaritch's catalog 699 (1952).

Gift of Albert C. Baugh, 1965.

Physical Description:

47 leaves : parchment, color illustrations ; 150 x 118 mm bound to 160 x 114 mm

Place of Publication:

[France?], [12--]

Contents:

1. [Exposition on the Lord's Prayer] (f. 1r).

2. Beati qui lugent [and other sermons, incomplete at end] (f. 1v-4v).

3. [Commentary on monastic rules] (f. 5r-30r).

4. Speculum monachorum beati Bernardi / [Arnoul de Bohéries] (f. 30v-47v).

Notes:

Ms. codex.

Title for manuscript from caption title for predominant work, where the work has a common but incorrect attribution to Bernard of Clairvaux (f. 30v).

Collation: Parchment, i (modern paper) + 47 + i (modern paper); [1-47]; 1⁴ 2-6⁸ 7⁶⁻³(-4, -5, -6, canceled); modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto. Early foliation in ink, 143-146; [1-2] 3-43; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto, 29-32, 97-138, indicates these works were once part of a larger collection, or perhaps from different collections.

Layout: Written in 21-22 (f. 1-4) and 28 (f. 5-47) long lines; ruled in lead; prickings visible.

Script: Written in a Gothic book script by two different hands, the first (f. 1-4) from the early 13th century, the second (f. 5-47) from the second half of the 13th century (Zacour-Hirsch); marginal annotations in other hands.

Decoration: Illuminated Madonna and child, in gold, green, blue, red, and black, 8 cm. high (f. 1r); 2- and 3-line initials (f. 1v, 3r-v, 4r) in green, red, and blue; second section rubricated, with red 2- and 3-line initials (f. 5r and 30v).

Binding: Modern leather, splitting at upper hinge, lower cover detached.

Origin: Written in France[?], 13th century.

Heading [?] at the beginning of text (f. 5r) has been cut off.

Bookseller's description pasted inside upper cover.

Cited in:

Described in Zacour, Norman P. and Hirsch, Rudolf. Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Libraries of the University of Pennsylvania to 1800 (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1965), Supplement A (1) Library Chronicle 35 (1969), p. 8 (Ms. Latin 213).

Cited as:

Arnoul de Bohéries, Speculum monachorum (Ms. Codex 716). Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.

OCLC:

155985480

Access Restriction:

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