The Epistles of Paul with commentary

France, 11th century, second half, or 12th century, first quarter

Parchment

i, 124 leaves

295–300 × 205 mm

Latin

1 (ff. 3r–122r) Epistles of Paul with preface

Incipit: PRimum queritur quare...

Explicit: ...Salutant uos de italia gratia cum omnibus uobis amen

Note: The preface on ff. 3r–5r consists of three different parts and seems to correspond to Stegmüller, vol. 1, pp. 290–291

2 (ff. 2r–122Ar) Commentary on the Epistles

Note:

f. 1 and ff. 123r–124v are the old medieval pastedown and endleaf.

Besides the commentary in the margin the main text is also interspersed with interlinear glosses written by the same hand. f. 122 is only half as wide as the other leaves.

f. 122A consists of a small piece of parchment attached to the quire. f. 122Ar contains the end of the commentary, f. 122Av contains an addition by a later hand.

2.1 (ff. 2ra–2vb) Extracts from De Penitentia Salomonis, Augustine's De nuptiis et concupiscentia, and scattered Bible glosses

Incipit: Salomon inquit uir tante sapientie

Explicit: que per adam intrauit in mundum hoc qui non credit infelis est.

Note: The first paragraph on 2r appears to be a version of De Penitentia Salomonis (for more on this text see DiTommaso (2017), pp. 371–452), followed by Augustine's De nuptiis et concupiscentia, 1:10. After this follows what appears to be Bible glosses. On 2v the glosses are mainly on Romans.

2.2 (ff. 3r–9v) Commentary on the preface

Incipit: Si dicitur mors maledicta nemo horret

Explicit: aut quolibet denique liniamenta natiua corrumpente medicamine.

2.3 (ff. 10r–28r) Commentary on Romans

Incipit: Prima ponitur quia primum gradum erroris scilicet superbiam destruit

Explicit: Cui si auferas cui absoluta est lectio beatus augustinus dicit apponi et tractus quomodo debet accipi

2.4 (ff. 28v–49r) on First Corinthians

Incipit: Chorinthi sunt achaici Hii ab ipso paulo conuersi sunt

Explicit: Maranatha magus sirum est quam ebreum tamen etsi ex confinio utrarumque linguarum aliquid et hebreum sonet et interpretatur deus noster uenit.

2.5 (ff. 49r–63r) on Second Corinthians

Incipit: Quibusdam chorintiorum per primam epistulam correctis

Explicit: Spiritus communis patri et filio uel ita spiritus sit uobiscum ut comunicet et conferat uobis gratiam christi et caritatem dei quod est sit tota trinitas uobiscum dans gratias de commissis et caritatem per spiritum.

2.6 (ff. 63r–70v) on Galatians

Incipit: Galathe sunt greci hii ab apostolo ueritatem acceperant

Explicit: stigmata punctum nota.

2.7 (ff. 70v–77v) on Ephesians

Incipit: Ephesi sunt asiani hi per paulum confirmati in fide

Explicit: Ad similitudinem sponse que non admittit corruptionem.

2.8 (ff. 77v–82v) on Philippians

Incipit: Philipenses sunt macedones hi paulo per epaphroditum aliquam substantiam romam miserant

Explicit: Impleat desiderium non in terrenis sed in gloria uel gloria christi implere desideria suorum

2.9 (ff. 82v–87v) on Colossians

Incipit: Colosenses sunt asiani quibus non ipse apostolus predicauit sed eius discipuli archippus et epaphras

Explicit: Prepositum eorum per eos commonet ut qui regendam ecclesiam eorum accepit sit sollicitus de eis plebis autem causa scribitur epistula et ideo non ad rectorem destinatur.

2.10 (ff. 88v–93r) on First Thessalonians

Incipit: Thessalonicenses sunt macedones qui facile ab apostolo conuersi

Explicit: Sancto non simulato.

2.11 (ff. 93r–95r) on Second Thessalonians

Incipit: Orta grauiori tribulatione item monet patientiam ostendens iustum dei iudicium

Explicit: Vel per epistulam nostram hoc notate nobis.

2.12 (ff. 95v–100v) on First Timothy

Incipit: IEPX (!) Timotheus iste fuit filius mulieris fidelis patre gentili

Explicit: Prophanas ut an potasis que uox se habet ad personam et ad substantiam

2.13 (ff. 100v–103v) on Second Timothy

Incipit: Paulus iam a mundo transiturus item scribit a roma timotheo

Explicit: Leonis quicum non patet a rusticia remouere uel de uita uult tollere ne aliis prodesset quodque non potest insultat ei apostolo.

2.14 (ff. 103v–105r) on Titus

Incipit: Tyto relicto crete episcopo ex simplicitate et humilitate nimis pacienti

Explicit: sollicite id est necessaria secum adducant.

2.15 (ff. 105r–105v) on Philemon

Incipit: Philomeni familiares litteras misit pro onesimo seruo eius

Explicit: Minus exigo quam debes.

2.16 (ff. 106r–122r) on Hebrews

Incipit: Ecclesiis hebreorum scribit apostolus de eminentia christi.

Explicit: In hoc reddit attentos.

2.17 (ff. 122r–122Ar) Freestanding commentary

Incipit: Calix Quia tota humana natura et in anima et corpore erit corrupta

Explicit: Hac autem causa factum uidetur ut scilicet inicio nascentis ecclesie nouis causis existentibus premuniret et ut presentia atque oriencia resecaret uicia

Physical Description

Secundo folio

Romani sunt partes

Support

Binding/Endleaves

Locus: LCI, f. SL1, RCI

Support: Paper

Leaf dimensions: 300 × 205 mm

Textblock

Locus: ff. 1–124

Support: Parchment

Leaf dimensions: 295 × 205 mm

Foliation

Modern foliation in pencil.

Chapter titles in red in top outer corners and chapter numbers in red Roman numerals in outer margins, these are by a later medieval hand (13th century?).

Collation

Formula: 1(10, lacks 10), 2-14(8), 15(8+3)

Note: VisColl collation.

Catchwords: Catchwords in same ink and script as the main text.

Condition

Textblock

Small holes in the parchment here and there without loss of text, except for on f. 49 where text has been lost.

Layout

Layout 1

Locus: ff. 3r–122r

Columns: 1

Ruled lines: 23

Written area: 215 × 90 mm

Note: Main text: Ruling and guidelines in hardpoint. Pricking in margin.

Layout 2

Locus: ff. 3r–122r

Columns: 2

Ruled lines: 46

Written area:

Note: Commentary: The commentary is an integral part of the page layout with its own guidelines and ruling. When the commentary is at its largest it completely surrounds the main text and has been written on hardpoint ruled lines (two lines for each line of the main text). Leaves with less commentary on them have not always been ruled in this way.

Script

Textblock

Hand 1

(ff. 2r–105v)Pregothic.

Hand 2

(ff. 106r–122Ar)Pregothic.

Additions

Binding/Endleaves

(f. SL1r) Top of page, in black ink: ‘Kgl Bibl. 1734 års Kat no 12. Theol. in fol.’; centre page in black ink: ‘Epistolae Sancti Pauli Apostoli. cum Commentariis et glossis’; below in pencil: ‘Från S.t Légers kapell i Loudun (nära Poitiers) (kapellet tilhörde grefvarnas af Anjou slott; är nu museum).’

(RCI) A small envelope attached to the pastedown in the lower outer corner. The envelope contains parts of an endband in blue yarn.

Textblock

(f. 1r) Upper part of page, in faded ink by 16th or 17th century hand : ‘Ce livre Est de leglise d⟨u⟩ ⟨c⟩ollege de sainct legier du chaste⟨l⟩ de lodun’; below, by similar hand: ‘Legier’; bottom right corner, in brown ink: scribal doodle, These additions have had reaent applied to them, which has stained these parts of the page brown.

(f. 1v) A poem in French written by a 15th century hand in dark ink. The poem is 7 lines long and signed ‘Johanis Fayey’(?). The poem is repeated two more times below, once with a partial and later erased signature, and once without a signature. The page also contains some doodles and additional lines of text.

(f. 63r) Short note by the same or similar hand as the the rest of the text written vertically in the outer margin.

(f. 87v) Several lines of glosses have been erased on the middle of the page. The text is still faintly visible.

(f. 122Av) Notes by several 15th century hands, 5 lines of text: ‘O uos causidici...ordo supernus’.

(ff. 123r–124r) Notes and scribblings by one or more late-medieval hand in dark ink. Notes both in Latin and French. A note at the bottom of (f. 123v) states that the book belonged to the chapel of Saint Légier: ‘Nota que cest liure est de saint ligier et lay par prest de missire guillaume sulreau chanoine dudit lieu’, signed: ‘Doultre lavoye’.

Decorations

Textblock

Description:

Main text in brown ink, capitals in red or touched with red, rubrics in red.

Initials:

(ff. 10r–105r): zoomorphic initial ‘P’ over 8-11 lines. Every new book is introduced by a complex zoomorphic P (in Paulus). These letters are outlined in ink, thus creating a white letter body, and partially coloured. Main colours: red, blue, green, and yellow. In some cases, e.g. (f. 70v), only blue and red are used. The motives are zoomorphic (mainly dogs), or zoomorphic combined with achanthus or other foliate ornaments, as well as architectural elements (mainly columns). Above these large initials smaller plain intials over 2-3 lines (extending below the line) in red or blue are usually found. These initials belong to a short introductory paragraph. On (f. 88v) and (f. 93r) instead of the plain initials smaller versions of the zoomorphic initials are used.

(f. 106r): zoomorph initial ‘M’ over 4 lines. Same style of motif and colours as the larger initials;

(ff. 7r–103v): plain initials over 1-3 lines (extending above and below the line) in red;

(ff. 3r–5r): missing initials. Guide letters in lead, possibly by a later hand.

Binding

Description:

Early modern binding. Parchment over cardboard. Spine, in dark ink: ‘12’; in dark ink: ‘Epistolae Pauli Lat.’; remains of a label; stamped in gold: ‘A 141’.

Binding dimensions: 305 × 220 × 55 mm

Condition: The original spine has been mounted on a support of thick paper. Pieces of brown leather on the spine. No bands visible. Stitching visible onLCI.

Contemporary: No

History

Origin

France, 11th century, second half, or 12th century, first quarter

Provenance

According to a 15th century note on f. 123v the manuscript belonged to the chuch of Saint Legier (Leodegar); an early modern note on f. 1r specifies the place to Loudun.

Brought to Sweden by Queen Christina (possibly bought from Paul Pétau's collection) and remained in the Royal library after her abdication.

Listed in Vossius’s catalogue from 1651 (U 202:1) and in the catalogue from 1734 (U 125e) as ‘no 12. Theol. in fol.’.