Manuscript 101 combines no less than fourteen works from Saint Ambrose of Milan (c. 340-397): (ff. 3v-17v) De paradiso; (ff. 18r-36v) De Noe et arca; (ff. 36v-66v) De Abraham; (ff. 66v-79v) De Isaac et anima; (ff. 79v-90v) De bono mortis; (ff. 90v-100r) De Esau et fuga seculi; (ff. 100r-115r) De Iacob et vita beata; (ff. 115r-126r) De patriarcha Ioseph; (ff. 126r-133v) De benedictionibus Patriarcharum; (ff. 133v-156r) De apologia Dauid ad Theodosium Augustum; (ff. 156r-165v) De Nabuthae; (ff. 165v-187v) De excessu fratris Satyri; (ff. 187v-194r) De obitu Valentiniani; and (ff. 194r-200r) De obitu Theodosii. Most concern Biblical exegesis, though the last two texts are eulogies given at the death of emperors Valentinian II (d. 392) and Theodosius I (d. 395). This manuscript is believed to have been copied in the scriptorium of Saint Donatian in Bruges, in the thirteenth century, and shows a high level of skill and expertise. Following the process of copying, the texts were meticulously corrected. Large, well-executed and highly detailed initials in red, green, and blue were then added to the beginning of each work, for which space had been reserved from the outset. The manuscript contains an ownership inscription of Ten Duinen that has been extended to include a book curse. The manuscript is bound in a seventeenth-century binding of the 'Campmans' type. [Summary by Dr. Mark Vermeer]
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Herkomst: Volgens Lieftinck 1953 is dit handschrift mogelijk afkomstig uit het scriptorium van Sint-Donatiaan te Brugge
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Folio's 1r-2r, 3r 200v blanco
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Folio 3r bevat titel door latere hand
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Folio 2v bevat de titel 'Liber Sancte Marie de Thosan in quo continentur opuscula beatissimi Ambrosii Mediolanensis episcopi de Patriarchis et alia que subnotata sunt' en een inhoudstafel
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Folio 200v: 'Jacobus Allardus'
Topic general subdivision
Godsdienst
Material
Perkament (Wikidata Q226697)
Extent
200 ff. (f. 1 was oorspr. dekblad)
Dimensions
390 x 280 mm
Decoration and binding
lombarden|Q28670094
Decoration and binding
gedecoreerde initialen|Q63872683
Decoration and binding
Campmansband (ca. 1625-1650)
Bibliographic references
De Poorter, A., Catalogue des manuscrits de la bibliothèque publique de la ville de Bruges (Catalogue général des manuscrits des bibliothèques de Belgique 2), Gembloux: Duculot, 1934
Bibliographic references
Busine, L. - Ludo Vandamme e.a., Besloten wereld, open boeken: Middeleeuwse handschriften in dialoog met actuale kunst, Tielt: Lannoo, 2002
Bibliographic references
Hoste, Anselm. De handschriften van Ter Doest. Steenbrugge: Sint-Pietersabdij, 1993
Bibliographic references
Isaac, M.T., Les livres manuscrits de l'Abbaye des Dunes d'après le catalogue du XVIIe siècle (Livre - Idées - Société 4), Verviers: Gason, 1984
Bibliographic references
Janzen, Jenneka. Written Culture at Ten Duinen. Cistercian Monks and their Books c. 1125-c. 1250. [Onuitgegeven doctoraatsthesis: Universiteit Leiden, 2019]
Bibliographic references
Lieftinck, G.I., De librijen en scriptoria der Westvlaamse Cisterciënser-abdijen Ter Duinen en Ter Doest in de 12e en 13e eeuw en de betrekkingen tot het atelier van de kapittelschool van Sint Donatiaan te Brugge, Brussel: AWLSK, 1953
Bibliographic references
van Belleghem, Doenja (ed.), De Duinenhandschriften : over de manuscripten van de cisterciënzerabdij Ten Duinen in het Grootseminarie Brugge en de Openbare bibliotheek Brugge, Brugge: Openbare Bibliotheek, 2016
Bibliographic references
Online catalogue description by Dr. Evelien Hauwaerts (Public Library Bruges). Online catalogusbeschrijving door Dr. Evelien Hauwaerts (Openbare Bibliotheek Brugge)
