National Library of Sweden, A 11
Legislative texts for the Birgittine order: Regula Salvatoris. Petrus Olavi, Additiones ad regulam Salvatoris. Declaraciones dominorum. Liber usuum. Decisions from the General Chapter in 1487.
Sweden, Vadstena monastery, 15th century, second half
parchment
i, 87, i' leaves
280 × 180–210 mm
Latin
1
(ff. 2r–11v)
Alphabetical index
Legem statuit ei in via quam elegit Elegimus namque non tamen latam viam mandatorum dei ymmo artam semitam consiliorum que ergo nobis statuta est in legem seruandam ad salutem Hec via et semita electa continentur in regula sancti saluatoris, et Augustini, addicionibus prioris, declaracionibus doctorum, libro vsuum, et actis capituli hec omnia in tabula
ABbatissa eligatur et sit caput et domina omnium
Christus ihesus est dator regule sancte huius ordinisque fundator 1 b c Ipse enim est principium et finis alpha et o deus et homo ipsi honor et gloria in seculis
The index refers to the contemporary foliation and paragraphs in the manuscript.
2
(ff. 12r–24v)
Regula Salvatoris (The Birgittine Rule, the first-person version)
Regula sancti saluatoris in prima persona. Narratur hic modus qualiter domina Birgitta habebat reuelaciones diuinas (...) Capitulum 1 prologi
In dominio Regis noruegie qui est ad septentrionem omnium regium
…ego autem perficiam dum mihi placuerit
Explicit regula saluatoris. Amen
Eklund (1975), pp. 100–139.
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(ff. 25r–28v)
The Rule of St Augustine
Regula sancti Augustini episcopi
ANte omnia fratres karissimi diligatur deus deinde proximus
vt ei debitum dimittatur et in temptacionem ne inducatur Amen
Verheijen (1967), pp. 417–437.
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(ff. 28v–39v)
Additions to the rule
Incipiunt addiciones domini prioris petri ad regulam saluatoris Et primo de gradibus seu signis vere dilectionis. Capitulum primum
HWmilitas vera est timere deum omni hora non amare propriam voluntatem
Sorores sepeliantur in ambitibus et in ecclesia infra crates Et similiter fratres. Amen
Nyberg (1972-1974), pp. 42–106.
5
(ff. 39v–42r)
Excerpts from St Birgitta, Revelationes extravagantes
Sequntur reuelaciones pertinentes ad statuta Et primo de organis non habendis
Christus loquitur filii israel quia carnales erant multa
et confessori in spiritualibus. Amen.
Hollman (1956), p. 123, 125–127, 131–133, 147–148.
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(ff. 42r–42v)
Rules for deacons and subdeacons in the Birgittine Order
Dyaconus et subdyaconus sic ministrabunt induti ad missas
Dyaconi ministrabunt vicissim ad altaria secundum ordinem suum
Item dyaconus thurificabit omnem inhabitacionem fratrum in vigilia natiuitatis christi et vigilia epyphanie domini finitis vesperis
f. 43r Blank page.
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(ff. 43v–59v)
Constitutio Vadstenensis
Hec est constitucio Watzstenensis qualiter diuinum officium et festa seu solemnitates debent obseruari in monasterio
SIcut regula sancti saluatoris precipit fratres clerici
vt in illo legat vel studeat sub horis vel in missa. Amen.
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(ff. 59v–62v)
Declaraciones dominorum
Declaraciones dominorum de nuceria cardinalis Vrbeuetani alfonsi et aliorum vt infra patet. de roma misse
HIc continentur declaraciones dubiorum missorum de monasterio sancte Marie in Vastzenom
Videtur quod cum consilio sui proprii confessoris ipse enim diligencius examinauerat consciencias earum Amen
Expliciunt declaraciones dominorum prius positorum super regulam sancti saluatoris
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(ff. 63r–82r)
Liber usuum (The Customary of the Vadstena Brothers)
Ihesu christi nomine inuocato humiliter et deuote Incipit prologus in librum vsuum fratrum monasterii sancte marie virginis et birgitte in Vatzstenom
QVoniam exemplo primitiue ecclesie congregacionisque fidelium
vt notatur super verbo nigrorum supra et secundum Iohannem andree
Risberg (2003), pp. 77–198.
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(ff. 83r–88v)
Confirmation of the decisions made at the Birgittine general chapter in Gnadenberg 1487
Vilhelmus dei gracia Eystetensis alias Aureatensis ecclesie Episcopus Sacrosancte Maguntinensis Sedis Cancellarius
presentibus ibidem venerabili et religiosis deuotis nobis in christo dilectis fratribus Iohanne priore monasterii sancti Iohannis Baptiste in Rebdorff dicte nostre diocesis ordinis sancti Augustini canonicorum regularum et Wolfgango Zannazeller accolito dicte Augustinensis dyocesis testibus ad premissa vocatis specialiter et rogatis
f. 88vEt ego Iohannes Vogt Clericus Eystetensis dyocesis publicus apostolica et imperiali auctoritatibus notarius dictique reuerendissimi in christo patris domini Vilhelmi Episcopi Eystetensis Executoris et Commissarii Scriba Iuratus Quia ... signavi rogatus et requisitus in fidem et testimonium omnium et singulorum premissorum
Secundo folio
Benedicciones palmarum
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Binding/Endleaves
(LCI)
Top, in black ink by a modern hand: ‘A 11. Regula S. Salvatoris in prima Persona’. Top left corner: National Library book label with the current signum in black ink.
In brown ink by a modern hand: ‘N 93’.
In brown ink by a medieval hand: a reference to the contents of the volume: ‘Hiis diebus confessor ministrabit sororibus corpus Christi’ followed by a list of days.
(ff. 89r–89v)
Prayers, most likely a contemporary addition. Incipit: ‘(R)epelle a nobis’. Empty space for initials noted with letters in light brown ink and a sharper pen. Words in the right margin by the same hand.
(RCI)
Middle, in dark ink, annotations by a later scribe, possibly 16th or 17th century. Bottom right, in brown ink: the name ‘Lars Hanson’ followed by a sentence in Swedish.
Decorations
Binding/Endleaves
(f. 1r): Bookmark in brown leather sewn on to page.
Textblock
Main text in brown-black and red ink. Initials in red. Paragraphs in red. Capitals touched in red.
Plain initials in red ink over 2-5 lines throughout the volume. Plain initials in red ink with interior reserved shapes over 3 lines, for example on(f. 25r) (f. 43v) (f. 47r) (f. 79v). Penwork initials in red ink over 4-5 lines, extended along the margin, on (f. 63r) (f. 77r) (f. 79r).
Provenance
The Antiquities Archive. Current signum, A 11, first established in Helin’s catalogue from the 1720s (U 91:2:2). Also mentioned in the following catalogues and inventories: U 90:2, f. 8v, ‘no. 93’; U 90:4, p. 44, ‘no. 95’.
Acquisition
Statement of Responsibility
External Identifiers
Internal Identifiers
https://www.manuscripta.se/ms/101063
