Manuscript 251 contains the first nine of eighteen books of the Speculum Doctrinale - Mirror of doctrine - by Vincent of Beauvais (c. 1190-1264). Mirror of doctrine is the second part of Speculum Maius - the Great Mirror -, a compendium of medieval knowledge. Other parts of the Great Mirror are the Speculum Naturale and the Speculum Historiale. Mirror of doctrine deals with the subjects of grammar, logic, rhetoric, poetry, virtue, medicine, astronomy, agriculture, engineering, politics and law. The manuscript dates back to the end of the thirteenth century. It was part of the Ter Doest library. Manuscript 251 is richly illuminated. It has historiated initials and marginalia at the beginning of each book (Folio 1r, 24r, 54v, 112v, 149v, 191r, 22v, 254v, 299v). The marginalia portray a range of subjects. The first are caricatures such as hybrid creatures with mitres; a woman playing the fiddle with a rake. Another subject of the marginalia are realistic scenarios such as animal slaughter, ball games, a post mill. An example on Folio 299v also shows literary references to animal stories: a woman chasing a white cat with genitalia between its jaws; and a fox in pilgrim dress reading a letter. The manuscript is bound in a seventeenth-century binding of the 'Campmans' type. [Summary by Sarah Vanroye]
Uniform title
Speculum doctrinale
Note
Libri 1-9
Note
Inc. prol. (f. 1r): 'Incipit libellus totius operis apologeticus. Capitulum primum de causa suscepti operis et eius materia. Qvoniam multitudo librorum et temporis breuitas'
Note
Folio's 8r-23v: 'Capitula tocius operis'
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Inc. (f. 24r): 'I Epylogus de lapsu hominis. Homo cum in honore esset non intellexit'; expl. (f. 339r): 'in pios usus erogare'
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Folio 339v blanco
Genre/form
Spiegels|Q35197
Genre/form
Encyclopedieën en summa's|Q5292
Topic general subdivision
Algemeen
Topic general subdivision
Wiskunde - natuurwetenschappen
Topic general subdivision
Kunst; algemeen - Beeldende kunst
Material
Perkament (Wikidata Q226697)
Extent
339 ff.
Dimensions
35 x 26 cm
Decoration and binding
(Cfr Ms. 252)
Decoration and binding
lombarden|Q28670094
Decoration and binding
gedecoreerde initialen|Q63872683
Decoration and binding
gehistorieerde initialen|Q4924460
Decoration and binding
randdecoratie
Decoration and binding
drolerie(ën)|Q1260102
Decoration and binding
miniaturen|Q8362
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
Hoste, Anselm. De handschriften van Ter Doest. Steenbrugge: Sint-Pietersabdij, 1993
Bibliographic references
Busine, L. - Ludo Vandamme e.a., Besloten wereld, open boeken: Middeleeuwse handschriften in dialoog met actuale kunst, Tielt: Lannoo, 2002
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
Koldeweij, J., Geloof & geluk: sieraad en devotie in middeleeuws Vlaanderen, Arnhem: Terra, 2006
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
E. Moore Hunt, Illuminating the Borders of Northern French and Flemish manuscripts, 1270-1310 (Studies in Medieval History and Culture), New York - London : Routledge, 2007
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)
