B_OB_MS166 - Firmianus Lactancius [titel fenestra]

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Title

Firmianus Lactancius [titel fenestra]

Physical location

Bruges Public Library

Call number

Ms. 166

Associated names

Sophronius Eusebius Hieronymus - 348 - 420 (VIAF: 95147024) - auteur

Associated names

Firmianus Lactantius - ca. 240 - ca. 325 (VIAF: 100198064) - auteur

Associated names

Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis - 354 - 430 (VIAF: 66806872) - auteur

Language

Latin

Date of creation

13de eeuw; ca. 1201-ca. 1225 (1185)

Origin place

[Vlaanderen]

Origin place

[Brugge]

Summary

Manuscript 166 is a collection of three works by Firmianus Lactantius (d. c. 325), one of the so-called early Christian apologetici. Most of his works aim to explain Christian thought to pagan critics and defend it from them. This manuscript begins with (ff. 1v) a chapter from Jerome's De viris illustribus on the life of Lactantius; followed by Lactantius' works (ff. 1v-165r) Divinae institutiones; (ff. 165r-180v) De ira Dei; and (ff. 180v-195v) De opificio Dei. Between the first and second text a leaf (ff. 165r) contains an excerpt from the twentieth book of Augustine's De civitate Dei. The manuscript was copied in the first quarter of the thirteenth century, probably in Bruges. All texts are copied in two columns. Initials, titles and rubrics are added in red ink, with several initials decorated with penwork. It is bound in an early Cistercian binding from the twelfth or thirteenth century. At some point in history, a sharp instrument was used to apply cuts to the folia. [Summary by Dr. Mark Vermeer]

Note

Folio's zwaar beschadigd met een scherp voorwerp

Topic general subdivision

Godsdienst

Material

Perkament (Wikidata Q226697)

Extent

195 ff.

Dimensions

350 x 240 mm

Decoration and binding

lombarden|Q28670094

Decoration and binding

gedecoreerde initialen|Q63872683

Decoration and binding

Vroege cisterciënzerband (12de-13de eeuw)

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

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

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)

Provenance

Cisterciënzerabdij Ten Duinen (S.O.Cist.)

Digitization project

Mmmonk: Middeleeuwse Monastieke Manuscripten - Open - Netwerk - Kennis19de Kunst- en antiekbeurs

Digitization date

2021-05-25

Catalogue record

http://brugge.bibliotheek.be/?itemid=%7clibrary%2fv%2fobbrugge%2foudedrukken%7c5557

Alternative Identifier

B_OB_MS166