Title
Boetius de trinitate et de hebdomadibus, de duabus naturis et de Consolatione philosophiae [reconstructie fenestratitel]
Physical location
Bruges Public Library
Associated names
Silvester Papa, II. - ca. 950 - 1003 (VIAF: 264422706) - auteur
Associated names
Boethius Anicius Manlius Severinus - ca. 480 - 524 (VIAF: 100218964) - auteur
Associated names
Remigius Altissiodorensis - gest. 908 (VIAF: 121885360) - auteur
Associated names
Johannes Scotus Eriugena - ca. 810 - ca. 877 (VIAF: 90633393) - auteur glossen
Associated names
Marcus Tullius Cicero - auteur
Associated names
Martianus Capella (VIAF: 95152094) - auteur
Date of creation
13de eeuw; ca. 1201-ca. 1225
Origin place
[Plaats onbekend]
Summary
Manuscript 532, probably dating from the first quarter of the thirteenth century, is a collection of no less than thirteen different texts, classifiable in three main themes: music, Boethian theology and (mostly Ciceronian) philosophy. The first text is (f. 1r) the Horologium by Gerbert of Aurillac (946-1003), a French scholar who later ascended to the papal dignity as Sylvester II. Before that, he wrote treatises on multiple subjects, including time and its reckoning. The text is followed by two anonymous texts that form the first major theme: the (ff. 1r-4r) Designatio monochordi, and a short, unnamed treatise from the ninth century (ff. 3r-4r), known in other copies as Alia musica. The main body of the manuscript has been reserved for the works of Boethius. These are (ff. 4v-9v) De Trinitate; (ff. 9v-10r) a treatise named Utrum Pater et Filius et Spiritus sanctus de diuinitate substantialiter praedicentur; (ff. 10v-12r) De Hebdomadibus; (ff. 12r-15v) De fide catholica; (ff. 15v-24r) Liber de persona et de duabus naturis contra Eutychen et Nestorium; and finally (ff. 24r-53v) his magnum opus De consolatione philosophiae. With the exception of the latter, all of Boethius' texts in this volume are accompanied by glosses by John Scotus Eriugena (c. 810-c. 877) and possibly by Remigius Altissiodorensis (d. 908). The De consolatione forms a link with the final theme, as the remaining four texts all deal with philosophy. The first three were written by the Roman orator Cicero: (ff. 53v-62v) De senectute; (ff. 62v-66v) De paradoxa stoicorum; and (ff. 66v-75v) De amicitia. The final text (ff. 76v-80v) is the De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii by the fifth-century Roman Martianus Capella. In general, the text is written in a single column per page. The main exception is the unit with the Boethian texts: there the main text is written in a middle column, bordered by the glosses by Scotus and Remigius in the left and right column respectively. Parts of the De consolatione are written in two columns. Initials and reading assistants have been added in red and blue ink, and (somewhat later) rubrics are found throughout the codex. The manuscript is bound in post-medieval clean parchment, making it impossible to recognize any possible ownership marks of Ter Doest. The cross-shaped stamp of Ten Duinen is found on the first folium. [Summary by Dr. Mark Vermeer]
Note
Op het voorste dekblad is een papieren titelschild gekleefd met bovenstaande titel in 18de-eeuwse hand, mogelijk een reconstructie van een verloren middeleeuws fenestra
Note
Doorheen het volume uitvoerige correcties en structurering van de teksten door een andere hand
Topic general subdivision
Godsdienst
Topic general subdivision
Wijsbegeerte
Topic general subdivision
Wiskunde - natuurwetenschappen
Material
Perkament (Wikidata Q226697)
Extent
i niet-eigentijds papieren schutblad + 80 ff. + i niet-eigentijds papieren schutblad
Decoration and binding
gedecoreerde initialen|Q63872683
Decoration and binding
muzieknotatie|Q233861
Decoration and binding
perkamenten band; platten in bord
Script
gotische textualis
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
Bernhard, Michael. "Anonymi saeculi decimi vel undecimi tractatus de musica «Dulce ingenium musicae»." In Veröffentlichungen der Musikhistorischen Kommission, 6, Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, München 1987 [vi-54 p.]
Bibliographic references
Chailley, Jacques, ed., Alia musica (Traité de musique du IXe siècle): Edition critique commentée avec une introduction sur l'origine de la nomenclature modale pseudo-grecque au Moyen-Age (Paris: Centre de documentation universitaire et Société d'édition d'enseignement supérieur réunis, 1965)
Bibliographic references
Derolez, A., "Ten Duinen of Ter Doest? De herkomst van de handschriften in de Openbare Bibliotheek en het Grootseminarie te Brugge", Handelingen van het genootschap voor geschiedenis, 141 (2004)
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
Leonardi, Claudio. "I codici di Marziano Capella." Aevum, vol. 34, no. 1/2, 1960, pp. 1-99. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/20859287.
Bibliographic references
Smith, Lesley - Theodore Christchev. Codices Boethiani : a conspectus of manuscripts of the works of Boethius. 2, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland. London: The Warburg Institute, 2001
Bibliographic references
Scriptores ecclesiastici de musica sacra potissimum, 3 vols., ed. Martin Gerbert (Electronic version by Stephen E. Hayes E, Peter M. Lefferts, Bradley Jon Tucker C, and Thomas J. Mathiesen A for the Thesaurus Musicarum Latinarum, 1995)
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 date
2020-07-08
Alternative Identifier
B_OB_MS532
