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Title
De natura rerum [titel incipit]
Physical location
Bruges Public Library
Call number
Ms. 411
Associated names
Thomas van Cantimpré - ca. 1201 - 1270 (VIAF: 100174390) - auteur
Language
Latin
Date of creation
15de-16de eeuw (1475)
Origin place
[Vlaanderen]
Summary
Manuscript 411 contains part of De natura rerum by Thomas of Cantimpré (c. 1201 - 1270). De natura rerum is an encyclopedia in which Thomas of Cantimpré compiles natural historic knowledge. He drew from a number of sources such as Aristotle, Pliny the Elder, Isodore of Seville, Jacques de Vitry. The manuscript dates back to the fifteenth and sixteenth century. It was owned by Ten Duinen Abbey. The manuscript is not complete: it starts with the "monstrous men" of the East (book 3); it only contains the first part of book 20. The first books are richly illustrated, particularly the chapter on different human appearances. On Folio 4r a drawing of a human-eating cyclops is featured, as well as hairy wild men, hermaphrodites, and a giantess. [Summary by Sarah Vanroye]
Uniform title
De natura rerum
Note
Bevat Libri 3-20 (ff. 1r-288v), 1 (ff. 289r-336v). Liber 1 is onvolledig
Note
Inc. (f. 1r): 'Hic incipit liber de hominibus monstruosis. Qvoniam de monstruosis hominibus orientis liber sequitur'; inc. Liber 1 (f. 289r): 'Incipit prologus in libro de natura rerum. [N]aturas rerum in diuersis auctorum scriptis'; expl. (f. 336v): 'potus et superflua humiditas'
Note
Verso achterste schutblad bevat aantekening latere hand: 'O Domine Deus miserere mei et patris et matris et omnium', met daaronder schets van gekruisigde Christus
Genre/form
Encyclopedieën en summa's|Q5292
Topic general subdivision
Wiskunde - natuurwetenschappen
Material
Perkament (Wikidata Q226697)
Extent
336 ff. + i
Dimensions
35 x 25 cm
Decoration and binding
lombarden|Q28670094
Decoration and binding
gedecoreerde initialen|Q63872683
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miniaturen|Q8362
Decoration and binding
randdecoratie
Decoration and binding
Moderne 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
Arnould, Alain, The art historical context of the library of Raphael de Mercatellis, Gent: Diss. doct. kunstgeschiedenis en oudheidkunde, 1992
Bibliographic references
Boese, H., "Zur Textüberlieferung von Thomas Cantimpratensis' Liber de natura rerum", Archivum fratrum praedicatorum, 39 (1969), 53-68
Bibliographic references
Busine, L. - Ludo Vandamme e.a., Besloten wereld, open boeken: Middeleeuwse handschriften in dialoog met actuale kunst, Tielt: Lannoo, 2002
Bibliographic references
Green, M. Making women's medicine masculine: the rise of male authority in pre-modern gynaecology, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008
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
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Koldeweij, J., Geloof & geluk: sieraad en devotie in middeleeuws Vlaanderen, Arnhem: Terra, 2006
Bibliographic references
Thorndike, L. - P. Kibre, A Catalogue of Incipits of Mediaeval Scientific Writings in Latin, Cambridge, MA: Mediaeval Academy, 1963 en supplementen (online via: http://cctr1.umkc.edu/search)
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