B_OB_MS557 - Liber de pace et tranquilitate reipublice cum aliis quibusdam [titel 18de eeuw]

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Title

Liber de pace et tranquilitate reipublice cum aliis quibusdam [titel 18de eeuw]

Physical location

Bruges Public Library

Call number

Ms. 557

Associated names

Marsilius de Padua - gest. 1343 (VIAF: 34445104) - auteur

Associated names

William van Ockham - ca. 1285-1349 (VIAF: 41835567) - auteur

Associated names

Michael Aiguani de Bononia - gest. ca. 1400 - oorspronkelijke auteur

Associated names

Petrus Spitznagel von Frankfurt - ca. 1400-ca. 1465 - auteur

Language

Latin

Date of creation

14de eeuw; post eerste kwart 14de eeuw

Date of creation

1325)

Origin place

[West-Europa]

Summary

Three texts have been brought together in this codex. The first (f. 1r-84v) is the Defensor pacis of Marsilius of Padua (d. 1343). In this significant work, written during the continuous conflicts between pope and emperor, Marsilius criticized the papal claims on temporal power and universal aspirations. Furthermore, and even more radical, was his view that all church authority was held by the people (i.e. the faithful), rather than a single leader. In the fifteenth century, the conciliarist movement took many arguments from this work when proclaiming church councils to have higher authority than the pope. This is one of two manuscript copies of the text in the Public Library, the other is in ms. 226. The second text (ff. 84v-103v) is a commentary on the Sentences. Its authorship is as of yet unclear: we are either dealing with a work of Michael Aiguani de Bononia (d. ca. 1400) or Petrus Spitznagel von Frankfurt (ca. 1400-ca. 1465), both Carmelites. As the latter used vast parts of the former's works - as a sign of reverence - distinguishing their work is highly difficult. The third work (ff. 104r-185r) is an exposition on Aristotle's Physica, written by the English scholar William of Ockham (ca. 1285-1349). The codex is built from two separate units. The first two texts appear to have been written by a single scribe, while the third text is in a different, somewhat antiquated hand. All share the two-column layout and the cursive script. Decoration is absent. Spaces to add initials have been left open. The only type of textual elaboration is the use of majuscules in the third text, to introduce new questions and the different parts of the disputations. The binding is medieval and consists of full leather over wooden boards, with traces of a clasp. It is possible that the binding originally had a fenestra; this has not survived. The codex was owned by Ten Duinen: the cross-shaped stamp of the abbey is found on the first and final leaves. [Summary by Dr. Mark Vermeer]

Material

Perkament (Wikidata Q226697)

Extent

185 ff.

Dimensions

250 x 190 mm

Decoration and binding

Middeleeuwse band

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

Lohr, C. "Medieval Latin Aristotle commentaries: Authors G-I", Traditio, 24 (1968)

Bibliographic references

Backes, I., Der Sentenzenkommentar des Petrus Spitznagel von Frankfurt: Leben und Schriften des Petrus Spitznagel, Recherches de théologie ancienne et médiévale 22 (Janvier-Juin 1955), 110-118

Bibliographic references

Online catalogue description by Dr. Mark Vermeer. Online catalogusbeschrijving door Dr. Mark Vermeer.

Provenance

Cisterciënzerabdij Ten Duinen (S.O.Cist.)

Digitization project

Mmmonk: Middeleeuwse Monastieke Manuscripten - Open - Netwerk - Kennis

Digitization date

2021-03-01

Catalogue record

http://brugge.bibliotheek.be/?itemid=%7clibrary%2fv%2fobbrugge%2foudedrukken%7c10970

Alternative Identifier

B_OB_MS557