The contents of manuscript 107 are unequally divided between two texts. The main part (ff. 1r-169v) is formed out of the first fourteen books of the De Civitate Dei, the magnum opus of Saint Augustine (354-430). In this work, comprising 22 books, Augustine expresses fierce critique on Roman religion and presented his dualistic worldview of the Earthly City and the City of God. The other books exist in a fifteenth-century copy, kept at the Library as manuscript 108. The last leaves (ff. 170r-171r) contain the Prophetia Sibille, a prophecy attributed to the Tiburtine Sybil, a Roman oracle. The text is copied in two columns. A table of contents is found at the beginning of each book, with each chapter title alternately in red and green and with Roman chapter numbering in red. The same alternate colouring is used in the initials found at the beginning of each chapter, and in the larger and more elaborately executed initials at the beginning of each book. Rubrics are found between books. An ownership inscription of Ter Doest is found at the end of book fourteen. The Prophetia has a single green initial at the beginning of the text. The manuscript is bound in a seventeenth-century binding of the 'Campmans' type. [Summary by Dr. Mark Vermeer]
Note
Folio's 1r en 171v blanco
Note
Herkomst: Volgens Lieftinck 1953 is dit handschrift mogelijk afkomstig uit het scriptorium van Ter Doest of Ten Duinen
Topic general subdivision
Godsdienst
Material
Perkament (Wikidata Q226697)
Extent
171 ff.
Dimensions
340 x 240 mm
Decoration and binding
lombarden|Q28670094
Decoration and binding
gedecoreerde initialen|Q63872683
Decoration and binding
gehistorieerde initialen|Q4924460
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
Le Loup, W. e.a., Vlaamse kunst op perkament: handschriften en miniaturen te Brugge van de 12de tot de 16de eeuw, Brugge: Stadsbestuur, 1981
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)
