National Library of Sweden, A 158 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 Robin Böckerman manuscripta.se: A Digital Catalogue of Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts in Sweden https://www.manuscripta.se/ms/101143 CC BY 4.0 Sweden Stockholm National Library of Sweden National Library of Sweden A 158 q6shmgkwnf9p9lpl 004852187 Jacobus de Voragine, Legenda aurea

Parchment Paper Beehive surrounded by flying bees (Tumba bruk).

Modern foliation in pencil.

VisColl collation.

1(1+12), 2(10), 3-7(12), 8(10), 9(1+12), 10(8), 11(12), 12(10), 13(12), 14(10), 15(12), 16(8), 17-21(12), 22(8), 23-24(12), 25(8, lacks 8) Catchwords in black ink in black and brown frames.

Bottom of page in ink: 8/30?.

Centre page, in brown ink by an early-modern hand: Legenda Sanctorum compilata a Jacobo a Voragine nacione Januensi, de ordine fratrum Predicatorum..

Late medieval binding. Brown leather over wooden boards. 5 pairs of raised bands and 2 endbands. , top of page, half of a medieval parchment label with nails in it, text in black ink: legenda. , ink on paper label: N:o 21. Jac. Jannensis Legenda aurea Sanctorum; stamped in gold: A 158; ink on paper label: e. 30. 6. 13.

The endleaves consist of 2 bifolia from Petrus Comestor’s Historia scholastica. These fragments seem to be written by the same or a similar hand as the main text

Leather heavily torn. The manuscript has been rebacked at the spine with modern leather, and where fragments of the original leather survived, they were applied over the top of that modern restoration. On the cover, holes in the leather mostly filled with modern leather patches. Board visible on . Remains of clasps (nails on ), corner and centre pieces. Wormholes all over covers.

France , 13th century, second half.

Provenance unknown.

The manuscript is listed in Vossius’s catalogue from 1651 (U 202:1) and has belonged to the National Library since. It probably came to Sweden as spoils of war or was bought on the continent by Queen Christina. There are 3 signa on the . The older signum 21 is found in the catalogue from 1734 (U 125e); e. 30.6.13. is found in Hammarsköld’s catalogue from the 19th century (U 133); A 158 (current signum).

 1 Prologue Incipit prologus super legendas sanctorum quas compilauit frater jacobus nacione ianuensis de ordine fratrum predicatorum UNIuersum tempus presentis uite in quaturorum distinguitur representat ecclesia ab octaua pentecosten usque ad aduentum domini Explicit prologus super librum de legendis sanctorum in quaturom capitula distinctum Table of contents Chapter 110 omitted in the list but found in the text, chapter 114 (De sancto Tyburtho) is not found in the text. Jacobus de Voragine Legenda Aurea Incipit de aduentu domini Aduentus domini per quatuorum septimanas agitur Quod ipse nobis prestare dignetur qui uiuit et regnat deus per omnia secula seculorum Amen Explicit legenda sanctorum

Under the final rubric a piece (possibly containing a colophon) has been cut out.

: blank.

 Maggioni (1998)

Parchment

Chapter headings in red ink in top margin. Holes in parchment, e.g. on , but no loss of text. Parchment repaired, e.g. on . Some leaves show signs of having been folded in the corners. : piece of the leaf cut out. , Inner marign, bottom: grass stalks. Guidelines and ruling in lead. Semitextualis.

Mariginal additions by several different hands from different periods in the form of manicules, signs, corrections, and comments. The additions are not very frequent and usually only consist of one word. Many of the corrections appear to be by the scribe or a contemporary hand.

face added to letter A.

Main text in black ink, capitals touched in yellow, rubrics in red.

: Foliate initial U over 7 lines (extending in the margin). The letter is placed in a blue frame with gold edges, the enclosed space is gilded and filled with a curled foliate shape with two leaves and a biting animal's head. Part of the frame or letter extends along the inner margin and half of the bottom margin. Main colours pink, blue, and red. The initial is followed by a smaller capital penwork N over 2 lines in black and touched in yellow;

: plain initials over 2-3 lines in blue or red with red, blue and/or green flourishing, which sometimes extend along the entire margin, decorated by so called frog eggs. The initial is followed by a capital touched in yellow, occasionally these capitals include some penwork details, e.g. .

First draft

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