Mathias Laurentii Jönecopensis (?), Miracula beati Petri Olaui

Sweden, Vadstena monastery, 15th century, second half

Paper

i, 22, i' leaves

145–150 × 105–110 mm

Latin

1 (ff. 1r–2v) Life of Petrus Olavi

Explicit: Quantum enim zelum gerebat ad sacramentum confessionis patet in epistola quam beate memorie domino nicolao episcopo lincopensi scripsit in hec verba.

Note:

The first leaf (leaves?) are missing. The outer edges are missing on account of water damage resulting in some text-loss, especially on f. 1r. The remaining text on ff. 1r–2v is almost obliterated, only a few words or phrases can be deciphered with certainty. It seems that more text could be discerned in the 1880s when a transcription of the text was made by K.G. Grandinson.

According to Johannes Vastovius, p. 140, the author is Mathias Laurentii, brother of Vadstena monastery 1453–1486.

Edition: Grandinson (1888), p. 5.

2 (ff. 2v–13v) Letter from Petrus Olavi

Rubric: Epistula magistri petri confessoris beate birgitte

Incipit: In potenti et humili virginis filio ihesu christo sincera salutacione premissa Domine mi ⟨ca⟩re domina mea birgitta desiderio magno desiderauit videre faciem vestram

Explicit: Si autem me audietis ab hoc mundo euocatum antequam faciem vestram inspexero tunc amore domini nostri detis mee misere anime aliquam eleemosynam quia paucos habeo fauctores et nihil personaliter possideo premia recepturus a ihesu christo qui sanguinem suum benedictum fudit pro nobis omnibus peccatoribus sine omni merito.

Edition: Grandinson (1888), pp. 5–11.

3 (ff. 13v–22v) Miracles of Petrus Olavi

Incipit: Cuius enim meriti iste lucidus confessor et magister egregius dominus petrus confessor beate birgitte atque circa finem vite sue factus frater ordinis sancti saluatoris fuit apud deum et celi reginam patet in his que hic immediate subinscribuntur

Explicit: Plura eciam alia miracula facit deus propter ipsum eciam cum pauperibus qui non sufficiunt pre paupertate aliquod signum de cera offerre sed promittunt se cottidie dicere vnum pater noster vel plura ad eius ⟨honorem⟩ q⟨ui statim⟩ sue peticionis consequuntur effectum

Note: According to Johannes Vastovius the author is Mathias Laurentii. The text includes four chapters from the Revelationes extravagantes, chapters 5–7, 71.

Edition: Grandinson (1888), pp. 11–15.

Physical Description

Support

Binding/Endleaves

Locus: LCI, SL1, SR1, RCI

Support: Western paper

Leaf dimensions: 150 × 110 mm

Textblock

Locus: ff. 1r–22v

Support: Paper

Leaf dimensions: 145/150 × 105/110 mm

Foliation

Modern foliation in pencil.

Collation

Formula: 1 (11)

Note: VisColl collation

Condition

Textblock

An unknown number of leaves are missing at the beginning of the book. The extant quire is heavily damaged by water. ff. 1–12: The outer edges and the upper outer corners are missing, resulting in some loss of text. ff. 1r–2r, 22v: The ink is almost completely obliterated, on other folios very faded.

Layout

Layout 1

Locus: ff. 1r–21v

Columns: 1

Written lines: 18–21

Written area: 105 × 70/80 mm

Layout 2

Locus: f. 22v

Columns: 1

Written lines: 13

Written area: 90 × 75 mm

Script

Textblock

Hand 1

Gothic cursiva currens.

Additions

Binding/Endleaves

(LCI) Top of page in ink by a 19th-century hand: ‘Från AntiqvitetsArkivet, utan sign.’; in pencil by a 19th/20th-century hand: ‘Förf. är Mathias Laurentii Jönecopensis, munk i Vadstena 1453, +1486. (Vastovius; Schück)’; in ink by a 19th/20th-century hand: ‘Utgifven 1888 af K.G. Grandinson i Karlstads Läroverks program 1887-88’.

(SL1) Middle of page in ink added by a 19th-century hand: ‘Miracula beati Petri Olai’.

(SR1) Two Latin phrases in pencil by a 19th-century hand; to the right in ink: ‘5’.

Textblock

(f. 13v) Outer margin in ink by a contemporary hand: ‘fuit primus confessor generalis huius monasterii ante’; and below: ‘17 extrauagancium’. Inner margin in ink by a contemporary hand: ‘tunc primis’.

(f. 14r) Outer margin in ink by a contemporary (?) hand: ‘16 18’.

(f. 22r) Inner margin in black ink by a 19th-century hand: ‘Extrav lxxi’.

Decorations

Textblock

Description:

Main text in brown ink. Capital letters touched with red.

Initials:

Plain initials in brown-reddish or red ink, some with touches of blueish-silver ink.

Binding

Description:

New binding from 1885. Marbled paper in blue, green, orange and reddish brown, over paper boards. Brown cloth spine. On LCO shelfmark in gold: ‘A 64’.

Binding dimensions: 160 × 115 × 10 mm

Condition: The paper covering the boards is worn at corners and edges.

History

Origin

Sweden, Vadstena monastery, on account of the author attribution made by Johannes Vastovius, p. 140, 15th century, second half.

Provenance

The earlier provenance is uncertain but it is likely that the manuscript remained at Vadstena until the dissolution of the monasteries, after which it was transferred to the Antiquities Archive.