National Library of Sweden, A 75a Medieval Latin Manuscripts in the National Library: Cataloguing and Digitization National Library of Sweden Riksbankens jubileumsfond – The Swedish Foundation for Humanities and Social Sciences Patrik Granholm Annika Ekman manuscripta.se: A Digital Catalogue of Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts in Sweden https://www.manuscripta.se/ms/101093 CC BY 4.0 Sweden Stockholm National Library of Sweden National Library of Sweden A 75a k045wrmlhd6qqvrj 004840447 Regula salvatoris and texts concerning St Birgitta

Paper

Modern foliation in pencil. manum quando manualia

VisColl collation

1-8(12), 9(8)

Parchment guards.

 A few larger holes and wormholes.

Top left corner in pencil by a modern hand: 97 S. Brigittae ; centre page: the medieval book plate of Hilprand Brandenburg; below, in pencil by a modern hand: Ex libris Hildebrani floruit 1500 - F ; below: modern stamp of National Library; bottom left corner: National Library book label with the current signum; bottom right corner in pencil: H 2; below, in blue ink: the year of accession and accession number, 1944/14.

Top left corner: a glued-on paper label, torn, but with the number 3 legible.

Medieval binding. Grayish white leather over bevelled wooden boards. 3 double raised bands and endbands. 1 hooked clasp. : in brown ink on a paper label Regula S. Salvatoris Offic. et Legenda S. Brigitte Vidue; below, stamped in gold: A 75a; below: the remains of another paper label; , top: traces of writing in brown ink, barely legible [Regula Sancti Salvatoris?]; , bottom, in pencil: 378[3?].

and , blind tooled triple-line borders, inside of which a blind tooled pattern of lozenges; at each intersection of the diagonal lines, a blind stamped flower; at the centre of each lozenge (or triangle), a blind stamped fleur-de-lis in a double-line lozenge-shaped frame, or a blind stamped acorn.

 Leather somewhat worn; in a few places, wormholes which have penetrated the wooden boards. Clasp and strap missing.

Germany Maihingen , 15th century, last quarter; see colophon on .

Once owned by the Carthusian monks at Buxheim (). carries the bookplate of Hilprand Brandenburg, a donate of the community at Buxheim, who bequeathed ca 450 books to the monks there before his death in . Collijn, however, questions that this manuscript formed part of Hilprand's donation; he suggests that the bookplate may instead have been inserted by an antiquarian later in its history ( Collijn (1945) ).

Purchased by the National Library from the baroness Elise Åkerhielm of Anneberg, Gustavsberg, .

 Collijn (1945) Krämer (1989) 1 Birgitta Birgersdotter Regula salvatoris (The Birgittine Rule, the third-person version) Incipit regula Sancti Saluatoris a sede apostolica pro constitutionibus approbata et confirmata de humilitate castitate et paupertate Capitulum primum Principium itaque huius religionis et salutis quod terra sunt et in terram reuertentur Explicit regula sanctissima domini nostri Ihesu christi Saluatoris The text corresponds the the sigma version edited by Eklund, excluding, however, the bull of Urban VI. Eklund (1975) Revelations regarding the Birgittine rule Secuntur aliquae reuelationes sy super regulam et statuta pertinentes et primo de organis non habendis in monasteryo Cristus loquitur sancte Birgitte fily israel quia carnales erant in duabus septimanis si expedit saluti et cetera The section contains chapter X, XIII, XIV, XV and XXIII of the Revelationes extravagantes. Hollman (1956) Nicolaus Hermanni Office for St Birgitta Sequitur historia de sancta Birgitta matris nostre de eius veneracione In i vesperis antiphone super psalmos feriales Rosa rorans bonitatem et recte viuendi nobis operentur effectum per dominum etc The office ends with a mass for the commemoration of St Birgitta (). A detailed inventory of the contents of the office is given by Collijn (1945) . Lundén (1971) Birger Gregersson Office for St Birgitta Office with mass Incipit hystoria in solemnitatibus Sancte Birgitte de regno Suecie antiphona in primis vesperis psalmus Omnia laudate Birgitte matris inclite festa iocunda suscipe oratio in cuius veneratione hec tue obtulimus maiestati per dominum nostrum etc The office ends with a mass for the commemoration of St Birgitta (). A detailed inventory of the contents of the office is given by Collijn (1945) . Life of St Birgitta Sequitur legenda de sancta Birgitta Ecce descripsi eam tibi tripliciter eam venerandam declarat et mirificat dominus noster Ihesus christus qui est benedictus in secula seculorum Amen Explicit hystoria cum legenda sancte Birgitte de regno suecie compilata per venerabilem patrem dominum Birgerum Archiepiscopum Upsalensem scripta in monasteryo Marie mayhingen ordinis sancti Saluatoris Et est sciendum quod ter in anno habetur festum de eadem sancta Birgitta videlicet Natale quando scilicet defuncta est quod cadit in proxima die post festum sancte marie magdalene que est x kalendas augusti secundum eius festum est translacione quando scilicet translata est de roma ad partes Suecie quod cadit xxviii die mensis May tertium vero eius festum est canonizacionis quod cadit iiii die mensis octobris etc The life of St Birgitta, constituting the readings of Birger Gregersson's office, has sometimes been transmitted independently of the rest of the office (see Undhagen ) and is transmitted here as a separate item. Undhagen (1960) Canonization bull of Boniface IX Sequitur bulla canonizacionis Sancte Birgitte matris nostre Bonifacius IX episcopus seruus seruorum dei venerabilibus fratribus gaudia peruenire Datum rome aput sanctum Petrum nonis octobris pontificatus nostri anno secundo

The bull ends with the colophon of the confirmation of Pope Martinus V, dated here 15 July 1419 (cf. BHL ): Nulli ergo omnino hominum liceat hanc pacinam nostre approbationis confirmationis et communicionis infringere vel ei ausu temerario contraire Si quis autem hoc attemptare presumpserit indignacionem omnipotentis dei et beatorum petri et pauli apostolorum eius se noverit incursurum Datum florencie in idibus July pontificatus nostri anno 2:o (Cf. SDHK )

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 Tomassetti (1859)

Paper

A few wormholes in places. Upper outer corner of of writing space affected by water damage throughout, but text unaffected. Hybrida.

In light brown ink by an early modern hand: Cartusianorum in Buxheim; outer margin in the same ink: a ringed cross.

Occasional marginal notations, and several passages highlighted by a red line along outer margin with or without an accompanying nota-mark (e.g. ); : manicule.

Modern stamp of the National Library.

Note in pencil in a modern hand: Bokägaremärket: Hildebrand Brandenburg: från Biberach (Würtemberg) Cartusianermunk i klostret Buxheim vid Memingen Det äldsta kända tyska ex libris (tiden omkr. 1470).

Main text in brown ink; capitals touched in red; chapter rubrics in red.

: plain opening initial P over 6 lines in red with interior reserved shapes; plain cross in counter space in a different red ink.

: plain initials over 2-3 lines in red, some with penwork and interior reserved shapes.

: plain initials over 1 line in red.

 First published 260602 First draft

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