National Library of Sweden, A 156
Nicolaus de Lyra, Postillae super Actus Apostolorum, Epistolas Canonicas, Apocalypsin
Austria?, 14th century, middle of
paper
212 leaves
285–290 × 205 mm
Latin
1
(ff. 3ra–67vb)
Commentary on Acts of the Apostles
Incipit postilla super actus apostolorum apostolorum (!)
REpleti sunt omnes (Acts 2:4) [...] Sicut lex euuangelica per christum deum et hominem fuit data
ad quam nos perducat qui cum patre et spiritu sancto viuit ⟨et⟩ cetera
Explicit postilla fratris N⟨icholai⟩ de lira Sequitur actus apostolorum incipit eadem sequitur epistolas canonicas
RB, no. 5901.
2
(ff. 68ra–114vb)
Commentary on the Catholic epistles
Incipit Rubrica in canonicales epistolas
Quatuor sunt minima terre (Prov. 30:24) [...] Septem epistole que canonice id est Regulares nuncupantur
temporales tamen virtus diuina qua facit est eterna Amen
Sequitur apocalipsis et cetera
RB, no. 5916.
3
(ff. 115ra–172vb)
Commentary on Revelation
Incipit postilla super apocalipsim
Oportet te iterum (Rev. 10:11) [...] Sicut dixi in principio genesis vetus ac nouum testamentum
gratia domini nostra ihesu christi cum omnibus nobis Amen (Rev. 22:21) Amen Amen Alleluia
Explicit postilla fratris N⟨icholai⟩ de lyra Super apocalipsim et perg- super nouum testamentum
RB, no. 5923.
4
(ff. 172vb–191rb)
Questio ad probandum Christi aduentum
Sequitur quedam questio ad probandum primum christi aduentum per scripturas a iudeis receptas que quidam questio est ipsius N⟨icholai⟩ de lyra
QVeritur vtrum per scripturas a iudeis Receptas possit probari
et plures iam baptizati ad vomitum Reuertuntur [--- 12 chars ---]
Explicit questio de probacione per scripturas a iudeis receptas quod misterium christi predictum a lege et prophetis sit impletum determinata a fratre Nicholao de lyra de ordine fratrum minorum
RB, no. 5982.
5
(ff. 191rb–211vb)
Ad quendam Judeum
Incipit Responsio fratris N⟨icholai⟩ de lyra ad quendam iudeum ex uerbis euuangelisuangelii secundum matheum contra christum nequiter arguentem
Potens sit exhortari in doctrina sana et eos qui contradicunt arguere
in aperto mendacio terminauit et cetera et explicit Responsio
Explicit Responsio fratris N⟨icholai⟩ de lyra ad quendam iudeum ex uerbis euuangelii secundum matheum contra christum nequiter arguentem Completum est autem protunc hoc opusculum anno domini mo ccco xxxiiiio in vigilia johannis baptiste
Secundo folio
declarauit et hoc est quod dicitSupport
Foliation
Modern foliation in pencil.
Running titles in black ink underlined in red. Chapters marked in the margin in red or black ink.
Collation
1-5(16), 6(18), 7-12(16), 13(18)
VisColl collation. Parchment guards with text visible on the insde.
Catchwords at the end of each quire.
Condition
Binding/Endleaves
LCI andRCIhave text on the verso vaguely visible through the parchment. The flyleaves have detached in the corners where some of the text is visible. The text has left an offprint on the boards.Textblock
Paper stained in many places; one large stain on f. 182r affects legibilty somewhat.Script
Textblock
Hand 1
Gothic cursive.Additions
Binding/Endleaves
(LCI)
Top left corner: National Library book label with current signum; top of page in brown ink by a medieval hand: ‘Pertinet bernardus hannegren’ (?); below, in brown ink by a medieval hand: a table of contents; bottom of page: a glued on fragment from another document with text in Latin.
Textblock
(f. 1r)
Top of page, in black ink by modern hand: ‘Kongl. Bil. 1734 års Kat. Theol. in fol. No 16’; centre page, by the same hand: ‘Nicholai de Lyra Postilla super Actus Apostolorum, Epistolas Canonicalis et Apocalipsin. Eiusdem Quaestio ad probandum Christi aduentum. Responsio ad quendam Judeum’; below: ‘Mscr. de anno 1334.’; bottom left corner, in pencil: ‘N. 18.’.
(f. 3r)
Top of page, in black ink by a late medieval or early modern hand: ‘Commentarius in Epist. pau. cum Apocalip.’.
(ff. 3r–209v)
Occasional marignal additions by the scribe or a contemporary hand and at least one other medieval hand. The additions consist of corrections and short comments and nota-marks, e.g. on (f. 69v).
(f. 212v)
Top right corner, in brown ink by a late medieval or early moder hand: 3 short lines of text in an unidentified language.
Decorations
Textblock
Main text in black ink, rubrics in red, capitals sometimes touched in red, lemmata underlined in red.
Binding
Medieval or early modern binding. Leather over cardboard. 3 double raised bands and endbands. Spine, four papers labels, three of which are pasted over older labels. From top to bottom: ‘N. 18’, ‘56.’, ‘(155)’; ‘No 16. Hic Lyrani commentarius in Epistolas Pauli et Apocalypin’; stamped in gold: ‘A 156’; ‘16’; ‘e 30. 3. 3.’. LCO, traces of a label on the upper part of the cover. There are also traces of writing in black ink directly on the cover.
310 ×
220 ×
65 mm
Leather extremley worn. Boards exposed in several places. Holes in covers after corner pieces or bosses and probably also clasps.
Origin
Austria?, 14th century, middle of. The place of origin and dating are tentatively based on the watermark.
Provenance
Early provenance unknown. On LCI a medieval hand states that the book belongs to one Bernardus Hannegren(?). The manuscript has been at the National Library since at least the 17th century. Most of the signa on the spine correspond to older library catalogues. The manuscript is listed in Jaches's catalogue of of 1695 (U 118:10) as ‘155’, and in the catalogue of 1698 (U 122) as ‘56’; as ‘16’ in the catalogue of 1734 (U 125e); and as ‘e. 30. 3. 3.’ in Hammarsköld's catalogue of the 19th century (U 133). The signum ‘18’ has not been identified.
Statement of Responsibility
External Identifiers
Internal Identifiers
https://www.manuscripta.se/ms/101141
